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will vex

  • future tense
    of vex.
    vex
    verb (used with object)
    to irritate; annoy; provoke.

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Although the unusual nature of the fixture will vex some punters, others are attracted to the idea of a six-race card of 12-runner handicaps.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 9, 2012

The novel will vex those who expect their reading matter to carry the freight of coherent meaning.

From Time Magazine Archive

Poor soul, it will vex her sorely—and poor sister also.

From Bristol Bells A Story of the Eighteenth Century by Emma Marshall

Without meaning to be unkind, the thought, “perhaps it will vex Jack,” entered into her mind and stayed there.

From Paddy-The-Next-Best-Thing by Gertrude Page

Only don't you tell Tom, because it will vex him so.

From Tom and Maggie Tulliver by George Eliot