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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



... the station the night before, and now upon the porches of the various houses, suitcases, travelling bags, and nondescript rolls of shawls and steamer rugs began to make their appearance. Conversations were carried on across the street in a fashion that might have been annoying if everybody along the Terrace had not been astir to see the girls off. Elaine Marshall already dressed for the office, slipped through the opening in the hedge which separated her home from Peggy's, and took possession of a shawl-strap ...
— Peggy Raymond's Vacation - or Friendly Terrace Transplanted • Harriet L. (Harriet Lummis) Smith
... a bright, unoffended tone. "After all, I see no reason why you shouldn't search the house. I don't really want to put you to any unnecessary trouble. It is annoying, but I'm not going to be annoyed." The ingenuous young creature expected Mr. Hurley to be at once disarmed and ashamed by this kind offer. She was wrong. He was evidently surprised, but he gave no evidence of ...
— The Lion's Share • E. Arnold Bennett
... conscious that it would be impossible for him to avoid complying with the marshal's request, and yet it was most annoying to be obliged to make a third party cognizant of the facts contained ...
— Fort Lafayette or, Love and Secession • Benjamin Wood
... literature into the country. Well, he had not seen Madeleine Coburn! He would soon drop so absurd a notion when he had met her. The idea of her being party to such a thing was too ridiculous even to be annoying. ...
— The Pit Prop Syndicate • Freeman Wills Crofts
... "It's very annoying," said Henriette, as she opened and read the invitation. "I had quite set my heart on having Jockobinski here. Not that I care particularly about the music end of it, but because there is nothing ...
— Mrs. Raffles - Being the Adventures of an Amateur Crackswoman • John Kendrick Bangs


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