Vex
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

3 letters

IRK
Irritate or vex; "It galls me that we lost the suit"

IRE
Belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins)

NAG
An old or over-worked horse

GET
A return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent

RAG
A boisterous practical joke (especially by college students)

EAT
Take in solid food; "She was eating a banana"; "What did you eat for dinner last night?"

BUG
A minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use

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GNAW
Become ground down or deteriorate; "Her confidence eroded"

NARK
A lawman concerned with narcotics violations

POSE
A deliberate pretense or exaggerated display

ROIL
Make turbid by stirring up the sediments of

BEAT
The act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing

MIFF
Cause to be annoyed; "His behavior really miffed me"

RILE
Make turbid by stirring up the sediments of

FRET
A small bar of metal across the fingerboard of a musical instrument; when the string is stopped by a finger at the metal bar it will produce a note of the desired pitch

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HAUNT
A frequently visited place

PEEVE
An annoyed or irritated mood

CHAFE
Anger produced by some annoying irritation

ANNOY
Cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"

TEASE
The act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances; "he ignored their teases"; "his ribbing was gentle but persistent"

AMAZE
Be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me"

WORRY
Touch or rub constantly; "The old man worried his beads"

DEVIL
A word used in exclamations of confusion; "what the devil"; "the deuce with it"; "the dickens you say"

GETAT
Cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"

GETTO
Cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"

STICK
Stay put (in a certain place); "We are staying in Detroit; we are not moving to Cincinnati"; "Stay put in the corner here!"; "Stick around and you will learn something!"

STUMP
Remove tree stumps from; "stump a field"

ANGER
Belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins)

EATAT
Become ground down or deteriorate; "Her confidence eroded"

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TEEOFF
Strike a ball from the teeing ground at the start of a hole

PLAGUE
An annoyance; "those children are a damn plague"

RANKLE
Gnaw into; make resentful or angry; "The injustice rankled her"; "his resentment festered"

OFFEND
Cause to feel resentment or indignation; "Her tactless remark offended me"

MOLEST
Annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers"

GRAVEL
Rock fragments and pebbles

BOTHER
Make confused or perplexed or puzzled

PUZZLE
A game that tests your ingenuity

STIRUP
Provoke or stir up; "incite a riot"; "set off great unrest among the people"

BAFFLE
A flat plate that controls or directs the flow of fluid or energy

HARASS
Annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers"

NETTLE
Any of numerous plants having stinging hairs that cause skin irritation on contact (especially of the genus Urtica or family Urticaceae)

WORKUP
Develop; "we worked up an as of an appetite"

RUFFLE
A noisy fight

PUTOUT
An out resulting from a fielding play (not a strikeout); "the first baseman made 15 putouts"

PICKON

POTHER
An excited state of agitation; "he was in a dither"; "there was a terrible flap about the theft"

PESTER
Annoy persistently; "The children teased the boy because of his stammer"

NEEDLE
A slender pointer for indicating the reading on the scale of a measuring instrument

HECKLE
A comb for separating flax fibers

HECTOR
(Greek mythology) a mythical Trojan who was killed by Achilles during the Trojan War

MADDEN
Cause to go crazy; cause to lose one's mind

BADGER
Sturdy carnivorous burrowing mammal with strong claws; widely distributed in the northern hemisphere

BURNUP
The amount of fuel used up (as in a nuclear reactor)

AROUSE
Stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock"

ABRADE
Wear away

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PERTURB
Disturb or interfere with the usual path of an electron or atom; "The electrons were perturbed by the passing ion"

PROVOKE
Annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers"

PUTTOIT

INFLAME
Cause inflammation in; "The repetitive motion inflamed her joint"

OUTRAGE
A wantonly cruel act

INCENSE
The pleasing scent produced when incense is burned; "incense filled the room"

CONCERN
Something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness; "New York traffic is a constant concern"; "it's a major worry"

FATIGUE
(always used with a modifier) boredom resulting from overexposure to something; "he was suffering from museum fatigue"; "after watching TV with her husband she had a bad case of football fatigue"; "the American public is experiencing scandal fatigue"; "political fatigue"

BRISTLE
A stiff hair

FLUMMOX
Be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me"

MYSTIFY
Make mysterious; "mystify the story"

NONPLUS
Be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me"

PERPLEX
Be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me"

STUPEFY
Make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow; "stun fish"

AGITATE
Cause to be agitated, excited, or roused; "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks"

COMMOVE
Cause to be agitated, excited, or roused; "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks"

DISTURB
Change the arrangement or position of

RAISEUP
Change the arrangement or position of

SHAKEUP
The imposition of a new organization; organizing differently (often involving extensive and drastic changes); "a committee was appointed to oversee the reorganization of the curriculum"; "top officials were forced out in the cabinet shakeup"

TORMENT
The act of harassing someone

BEDEVIL
Be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly; "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even the teacher"

AFFLICT
Cause physical pain or suffering in; "afflict with the plague"

TROUBLE
An effort that is inconvenient; "I went to a lot of trouble"; "he won without any trouble"; "had difficulty walking"; "finished the test only with great difficulty"

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CONFOUND
Be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly; "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even the teacher"

AGGRIEVE
Infringe on the rights of

IRRITATE
Cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"

BEWILDER
Cause to be confused emotionally

DISQUITE

DISTRESS
The seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim; "Originally distress was a landlord's remedy against a tenant for unpaid rents or property damage but now the landlord is given a landlord's lien"

EXERCISE
The activity of exerting your muscles in various ways to keep fit; "the doctor recommended regular exercise"; "he did some exercising"; "the physical exertion required by his work kept him fit"

BROWNOFF

EMBITTER
Cause to be bitter or resentful; "These injustices embittered her even more"

BULLYRAG
Be bossy towards; "Her big brother always bullied her when she was young"

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DUMBFOUND
Be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me"

BELEAGUER
Surround so as to force to give up; "The Turks besieged Vienna"

AGGRAVATE
Make worse; "This drug aggravates the pain"

DISPLEASE
Give displeasure to

PERSECUTE
Cause to suffer; "Jews were persecuted in the former Soviet Union"

EMBARRASS
Hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of; "His brother blocked him at every turn"

MAKEANGRY

DISCOMFIT
Cause to lose one's composure

INFURIATE
Make furious

DISTEMPER
A method of painting in which the pigments are mixed with water and a binder; used for painting posters or murals or stage scenery

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DISCOMPOSE
Cause to lose one's composure

DISCOURAGE
Admonish or counsel in terms of someone's behavior; "I warned him not to go too far"; "I warn you against false assumptions"; "She warned him to be quiet"