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"sense": "to annoy",
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"sense": "to annoy",
"word": "otravovat"
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"sense": "to annoy",
"word": "ergeren"
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to annoy",
"word": "ärsyttää"
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"sense": "to annoy",
"word": "ennuyer"
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "to annoy",
"word": "énerver"
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "gaɣizianeba",
"sense": "to annoy",
"word": "გაღიზიანება"
},
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "to annoy",
"word": "ärgern"
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"sense": "to annoy",
"word": "reizen"
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"_dis1": "81 0 19 0 0 0",
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "to annoy",
"word": "irritieren"
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"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "pareśān karnā",
"sense": "to annoy",
"word": "परेशान करना"
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"_dis1": "81 0 19 0 0 0",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"note": "दिमाग खाना (dimāg khānā, literally “to eat [someone's] brain”)",
"sense": "to annoy"
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"_dis1": "81 0 19 0 0 0",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"note": "दिमाग चाटना (dimāg cāṭnā, literally “to lick [someone's] brain”)",
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"sense": "to annoy",
"word": "vegzál"
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"word": "iracigar"
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"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to annoy",
"word": "vessare"
},
{
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to annoy",
"word": "innervosire"
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"sense": "to annoy",
"word": "vexō"
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"sense": "to annoy",
"word": "piget"
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"word": "taedet"
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"sense": "to annoy",
"word": "hawene"
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"sense": "to annoy",
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"sense": "to annoy",
"word": "آزردن"
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"sense": "to annoy",
"word": "aborrecer"
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"code": "es",
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"word": "kızdırmak"
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"ref": "1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 151:",
"text": "I will not again vex her ear with words of love, however true, however deep: ours is an evil destiny, and we may not control it!",
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"ref": "1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, Canto XLI, page 64:",
"text": "I vex my heart with fancies dim:\nHe still outstript me in the race;\nIt was but unity of place\nThat made me dream I rank’d with him.",
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"(transitive) To cause (mental) suffering to; to distress."
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{
"word": "grame"
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{
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to distress; to cause mental suffering",
"word": "trápit"
},
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to distress; to cause mental suffering",
"word": "kwellen"
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{
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to distress; to cause mental suffering",
"word": "ĉagreni"
},
{
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to distress; to cause mental suffering",
"word": "kiusata"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 89 4 3 1 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to distress; to cause mental suffering",
"word": "vaivata"
},
{
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to distress; to cause mental suffering",
"word": "vexer informal"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 89 4 3 1 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to distress; to cause mental suffering",
"word": "tourmenter"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 89 4 3 1 3",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "aɣelveba",
"sense": "to distress; to cause mental suffering",
"word": "აღელვება"
},
{
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to distress; to cause mental suffering",
"word": "beunruhigen"
},
{
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to distress; to cause mental suffering",
"word": "quälen"
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{
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"code": "grc",
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"roman": "aniáō",
"sense": "to distress; to cause mental suffering",
"word": "ἀνιάω"
},
{
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"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"note": "खून पीना (khūn pīnā, literally “to drink [someone's] blood”)",
"sense": "to distress; to cause mental suffering"
},
{
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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to distress; to cause mental suffering",
"word": "buair"
},
{
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to distress; to cause mental suffering",
"word": "tormentare"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 89 4 3 1 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to distress; to cause mental suffering",
"word": "vessare"
},
{
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to distress; to cause mental suffering",
"word": "infastidire"
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{
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"code": "fa",
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"roman": "ranjândan",
"sense": "to distress; to cause mental suffering",
"word": "رنجاندن"
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{
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to distress; to cause mental suffering",
"word": "tormentar"
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"word": "vexar"
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"code": "qu",
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"sense": "to distress; to cause mental suffering",
"word": "ch'iqmichiy"
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"code": "ro",
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"sense": "to distress; to cause mental suffering",
"tags": [
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"word": "vexa"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "volnovátʹ",
"sense": "to distress; to cause mental suffering",
"word": "волнова́ть"
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"code": "gd",
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"sense": "to distress; to cause mental suffering",
"word": "sàraich"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to distress; to cause mental suffering",
"word": "disgustar"
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{
"_dis1": "1 89 4 3 1 3",
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"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to distress; to cause mental suffering",
"word": "afligir"
},
{
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to distress; to cause mental suffering",
"word": "atormentar"
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{
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to distress; to cause mental suffering",
"word": "rahatsız etmek"
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"ref": "1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Acts xij:[1], folio clxxj, verso:",
"text": "In that tyme Herode the kynge layed hondes on certayne of the congregaciõ, to vexe them.",
"type": "quote"
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"To trouble aggressively, to harass."
],
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[
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"(transitive, now rare) To trouble aggressively, to harass."
],
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "draznja",
"sense": "rare, archaic: to trouble aggressively",
"word": "дразня"
},
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "rare, archaic: to trouble aggressively",
"word": "vexer"
},
{
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "rare, archaic: to trouble aggressively",
"word": "fastidiar"
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{
"_dis1": "8 14 57 9 3 9",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "rare, archaic: to trouble aggressively",
"word": "vejar"
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{
"ref": "1667, John Dryden, Annus Mirabilis: The Year of Wonders, 1666. […], London: […] Henry Herringman, […], →OCLC, (please specify the stanza number):",
"text": "some English wool, vexed in a Belgian loom",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To twist, to weave."
],
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[
"twist",
"twist"
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[
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"weave"
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"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, rare) To twist, to weave."
],
"tags": [
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{
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "jadosvam",
"sense": "to annoy",
"word": "ядосвам"
},
{
"code": "kw",
"lang": "Cornish",
"sense": "to annoy",
"word": "veksya"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to annoy",
"word": "otravovat"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to annoy",
"word": "ergeren"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to annoy",
"word": "ärsyttää"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to annoy",
"word": "ennuyer"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to annoy",
"word": "énerver"
},
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "gaɣizianeba",
"sense": "to annoy",
"word": "გაღიზიანება"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to annoy",
"word": "ärgern"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to annoy",
"word": "verärgern"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to annoy",
"word": "reizen"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to annoy",
"word": "irritieren"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "pareśān karnā",
"sense": "to annoy",
"word": "परेशान करना"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"note": "दिमाग खाना (dimāg khānā, literally “to eat [someone's] brain”)",
"sense": "to annoy"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"note": "दिमाग चाटना (dimāg cāṭnā, literally “to lick [someone's] brain”)",
"sense": "to annoy"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to annoy",
"word": "piszkál"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to annoy",
"word": "vegzál"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to annoy",
"word": "iracigar"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to annoy",
"word": "vessare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to annoy",
"word": "innervosire"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to annoy",
"word": "vexō"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to annoy",
"word": "piget"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to annoy",
"word": "taedet"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to annoy",
"word": "hawene"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "to annoy",
"word": "dreċċan"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "to annoy",
"word": "gremman"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "âzordan",
"sense": "to annoy",
"word": "آزردن"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to annoy",
"word": "vexar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to annoy",
"word": "irritar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to annoy",
"word": "aborrecer"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "razdražátʹ",
"sense": "to annoy",
"word": "раздража́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dosaždátʹ",
"sense": "to annoy",
"word": "досажда́ть"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to annoy",
"word": "sàraich"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to annoy",
"word": "molestar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to annoy",
"word": "irritar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to annoy",
"word": "irritera"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to annoy",
"word": "förarga"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to annoy",
"word": "kızdırmak"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to distress; to cause mental suffering",
"word": "trápit"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to distress; to cause mental suffering",
"word": "kwellen"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to distress; to cause mental suffering",
"word": "ĉagreni"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to distress; to cause mental suffering",
"word": "kiusata"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to distress; to cause mental suffering",
"word": "vaivata"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to distress; to cause mental suffering",
"word": "vexer informal"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to distress; to cause mental suffering",
"word": "tourmenter"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "aɣelveba",
"sense": "to distress; to cause mental suffering",
"word": "აღელვება"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to distress; to cause mental suffering",
"word": "beunruhigen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to distress; to cause mental suffering",
"word": "quälen"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "aniáō",
"sense": "to distress; to cause mental suffering",
"word": "ἀνιάω"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"note": "खून पीना (khūn pīnā, literally “to drink [someone's] blood”)",
"sense": "to distress; to cause mental suffering"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to distress; to cause mental suffering",
"word": "buair"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to distress; to cause mental suffering",
"word": "tormentare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to distress; to cause mental suffering",
"word": "vessare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to distress; to cause mental suffering",
"word": "infastidire"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "ranjândan",
"sense": "to distress; to cause mental suffering",
"word": "رنجاندن"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to distress; to cause mental suffering",
"word": "tormentar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to distress; to cause mental suffering",
"word": "vexar"
},
{
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "to distress; to cause mental suffering",
"word": "ch'iqmichiy"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to distress; to cause mental suffering",
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"word": "vexa"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "volnovátʹ",
"sense": "to distress; to cause mental suffering",
"word": "волнова́ть"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to distress; to cause mental suffering",
"word": "sàraich"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to distress; to cause mental suffering",
"word": "disgustar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to distress; to cause mental suffering",
"word": "afligir"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to distress; to cause mental suffering",
"word": "atormentar"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to distress; to cause mental suffering",
"word": "rahatsız etmek"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "draznja",
"sense": "rare, archaic: to trouble aggressively",
"word": "дразня"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "rare, archaic: to trouble aggressively",
"word": "vexer"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "rare, archaic: to trouble aggressively",
"word": "fastidiar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "rare, archaic: to trouble aggressively",
"word": "vejar"
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