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Annoying   /ənˈɔɪɪŋ/   Listen
verb
Annoy  v. t.  (past & past part. annoyed; pres. part. annoying)  
1.
To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to tease; to ruffle in mind; to vex; as, I was annoyed by his remarks. "Say, what can more our tortured souls annoy Than to behold, admire, and lose our joy?"
2.
To molest, incommode, or harm; as, to annoy an army by impeding its march, or by a cannonade.
Synonyms: To molest; vex; trouble; pester; embarrass; perplex; tease.


adjective
Annoying  adj.  That annoys; molesting; vexatious.





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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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