vexing

Etymology

From Middle English vexynge (“harassment”); equivalent to vex + -ing.

verb

  1. present participle and gerund of vex

noun

  1. vexation
    Many unkindnesses as well as (one feels) many liberties and general vexings, were required to move her to this. 2002, Harold Bloom, American Women Poets, 1650-1950

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