annoying
/ə'nɔiiɳ/
Definition
- Adjective:
- Causing irritation or annoyance: Describes something that produces a feeling of mild anger, impatience, or displeasure.
- Noun:
- The act of troubling or annoying someone: Refers to the action or behavior that causes irritation.
Examples
- Adjective:
- The constant buzzing of the fly was very annoying.
- He has an annoying habit of interrupting people.
- Noun:
- His persistent annoying led to a complaint. (This nominal use is less common than the adjective.)
Advanced Usage
- Intensifiers: Often used with adverbs like "particularly," "really," or "extremely" to emphasize the degree of irritation.
- The software update process is extremely annoying.
- Describing Repetition: Frequently used to characterize persistent, repetitive actions.
- The annoying beep of the smoke detector battery needs changing.
Variants and Related Words
- Annoy (verb): To cause slight irritation or bother.
- Loud music late at night can annoy the neighbors.
- Annoyance (noun): The feeling of being irritated, or the source of that feeling.
- Traffic jams are a major annoyance for commuters.
- Annoyingly (adverb): In a manner that causes annoyance.
- The answer was annoyingly vague.
Synonyms
- Adjective: Irritating, bothersome, vexing, galling, nettlesome, pesky, pestering, troublesome.
- Noun: Irritation, bother, nuisance, pest.
Related Phrases
- An annoying amount of: Used informally to describe an excessive quantity of something trivial or bothersome.
- He spent an annoying amount of time talking about the weather.
Adjective
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causing irritation or annoyance
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tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork
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aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport
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found it galling to have to ask permission
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an irritating delay
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nettlesome paperwork
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a pesky mosquito
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swarms of pestering gnats
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a plaguey newfangled safety catch
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a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him
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a vexatious child
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it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong
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Noun
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the act of troubling or annoying someone
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