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annoy

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verbnoun
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As a verb, annoy means disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts.

Meanings of annoy

6 meanings

verb

  1. To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to bother with unpleasant deeds.

    “Marc loved his sister, but when she annoyed him he wanted to switch her off.”

  2. To do something to upset or anger someone; to be troublesome.

  3. To molest; to harm; to injure.

    “to annoy an army by impeding its march, or by a cannonade”

  4. Cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations

    “Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me”

    “It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves”

    Similar: rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile

noun

  1. literaryarchaicA feeling of discomfort or vexation caused by what one dislikes.

  2. literaryarchaicThat which causes such a feeling.

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

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