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Annoying   /ənˈɔɪɪŋ/   Listen
Annoying

adjective
1.
Causing irritation or annoyance.  Synonyms: bothersome, galling, irritating, nettlesome, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, plaguey, plaguy, teasing, vexatious, vexing.  "Aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport" , "Found it galling to have to ask permission" , "An irritating delay" , "Nettlesome paperwork" , "A pesky mosquito" , "Swarms of pestering gnats" , "A plaguey newfangled safety catch" , "A teasing and persistent thought annoyed him" , "A vexatious child" , "It is vexing to have to admit you are wrong"
noun
1.
The act of troubling or annoying someone.  Synonyms: annoyance, irritation, vexation.



Annoy

verb
(past & past part. annoyed; pres. part. annoying)
1.
Cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations.  Synonyms: bother, chafe, devil, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex.  "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"



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"Annoying" Quotes from Famous Books



... enemy having for some time been extremely annoying to outposts on Little River Turnpike and on the road leading from thence to Chestnut Hill, I decided on making a reconnaissance in person with a small force with the view of cutting them off. Accordingly I marched with 40 men, volunteers ...
— A Virginia Village • Charles A. Stewart

... beamed with satisfaction, and Celestina had not the heart to cloud its brightness by annoying ...
— Flood Tide • Sara Ware Bassett

... matter worse, his suggestions were generally very good ones. Had it been otherwise I might have borne his remarks more complacently, but to be continually told what you ought to do, and to know that you ought to do it, is extremely annoying. ...
— Rudder Grange • Frank R. Stockton

... sat at breakfast an important old burgher came in to complain that Barent Bleecker refused to settle accounts, which was very annoying, as there was a heavy balance in the complainant's favor. "Governor Van Twiller, as I have already observed, was a man of few words; he was likewise a mortal enemy to multiplying writings—or being disturbed at his breakfast. Having listened ...
— Four Famous American Writers: Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, • Sherwin Cody

... he said, "much better, my son. Now you are speaking like a gentleman. I had begun to fear for you. It has seemed to me you were almost narrow-minded. Never be that. Nothing is more annoying." ...
— The Unspeakable Gentleman • John P. Marquand


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