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(ənɔɪ)
Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense annoys, present participle annoying, past tense, past participle annoyed
1. verb
If someone or something annoys you, it makes you fairly angry and impatient.
Try making a note of the things which annoy you. [VERB noun]
It annoyed me that I didn't have time to do more reading. [VERB noun that]
It just annoyed me to hear him going on. [VERB noun to-infinitive]
[Also VERB]
Synonyms: irritate, trouble, bore, anger More Synonyms of annoy
2.  See also annoyed, annoying

annoy in British English

(əˈnɔɪ)
verb
1. 
to irritate or displease
2. 
to harass with repeated attacks
Derived forms
annoyer (anˈnoyer)
noun
Word origin
C13: from Old French anoier, from Late Latin inodiāre to make hateful, from Latin in odiō (esse) (to be) hated, from odium hatred

annoy in American English

(əˈnɔɪ)
verb transitive
1. 
to irritate, bother, or make somewhat angry, as by a repeated action, noise, etc.
2. 
to harm by repeated attacks; harry; molest
verb intransitive
3. 
to be annoying
SYNONYMY NOTE: annoy implies temporary disturbance of mind caused by something that displeases one ortries one's patience; , vex implies a more serious source of irritation and greater disturbance, often intenseworry; , irk stresses a wearing down of one's patience by persistent annoyance; , bother implies minor disturbance of one's peace of mind and may suggest mild perplexityor anxiety; to , tease is to annoy by persistent, irritating actions, remarks, etc.; , plague suggests mental torment comparable to the physical suffering caused by an affliction
OPPOSITES:  comfort, soothe
Derived forms
annoyer (anˈnoyer)
noun
Word origin
ME anoien < OFr anoier < VL inodiare < in odio habere (or esse), to have (or be) in hate: see odium

Examples of 'annoy' in a sentence
annoy

At times this annoys her.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
This has really annoyed me.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
I'm really annoyed by this mess.
The Sun (2016)
Waste no more time on being annoyed with unfair situations or disappointed by certain individuals.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
 Something must have annoyed him before he came here.
Elizabeth Gaskell North and South (1855)
Take a look at what really annoys you.
Mill, Wendy Chalmers Repetitive Strain Injury (1994)
Here are some of the most annoying of all time.
The Sun (2010)
Do you yearn for something slightly more annoying?
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
It must have been really annoying for the players.
The Sun (2013)
But at the same time it annoys us also.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
But it really annoys me how few women are asked to do translations and adaptations.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Surely you can only be properly annoyed about something if you would be less annoyed aboutthe opposite.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
We can be annoying at times.
Stanley Bing THROWING THE ELEPHANT (2002)
If something annoys you, get out there and say so.
The Sun (2015)
That was really annoying as he also went up 6lb for it.
The Sun (2014)
 Time to annoy people, especially chefs.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
People think this looks funny but it's really annoying.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
There are times when we annoy, upset and hurt each other.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It really annoyed me - there was no explanation for it.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
It got quite annoying to hear of their perfect lives, and not one of them had a science degree.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
 Something annoying has just happened.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
But then, something annoying happened.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It annoys me at times.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Consequently I was annoyed to hear the fanfare and surprised to see enormous flames leaping very near.
Joan Rice Sand In My Shoes: Wartime Diaries of a WAAF (2006)
He stormed: 'It has really annoyed me.
The Sun (2011)
He said: 'It is extremely annoying.
The Sun (2014)
There's always something to annoy Paul.
The Sun (2015)
He told me: 'It slightly annoys me when people say the fathers are simply handing over the licence.
The Sun (2013)

In other languages
annoy

British English: annoy /əˈnɔɪ/ VERB
If someone annoys you, they make you quite angry and impatient.
Make a note of the things which annoy you.
  • American English: annoy
  • Arabic: يُضايقُ
  • Brazilian Portuguese: irritar
  • Chinese: 骚扰
  • Croatian: ozlovoljiti
  • Czech: podráždit
  • Danish: irritere
  • Dutch: ergeren
  • European Spanish: molestar disgustar
  • Finnish: suututtaa
  • French: embêter
  • German: ärgern
  • Greek: ενοχλώ
  • Italian: irritare
  • Japanese: うるさがらせる
  • Korean: 귀찮게 하다
  • Norwegian: irritere
  • Polish: dokuczyć
  • European Portuguese: irritar
  • Romanian: a supăra
  • Russian: раздражать
  • Latin American Spanish: molestar
  • Swedish: irritera
  • Thai: ทำให้รำคาญ
  • Turkish: sinirini bozmak
  • Ukrainian: дратувати
  • Vietnamese: làm khó chịu

Chinese translation of 'annoy'

annoy

(əˈnɔɪ)

vt

  1. 使烦(煩)恼(惱) (shǐ fánnǎo)
(verb) 
Definition
to irritate or displease
Try making a note of the things that annoy you.
Synonyms
irritate
Their attitude irritates me.
trouble
Is anything troubling you?
bore
anger
The decision to allow more construction angered the residents.
harry
He would exploit and harry his workers.
bother
I don't know why he bothers me with this kind of rubbish.
disturb
He had been disturbed by the news of the attack.
provoke
I didn't want to do anything to provoke him.
get (informal)
What gets me is the attitude of these people.
bug (informal)
I only did it to bug my parents.
needle (informal)
She could see that she had needled him with her constant questions.
plague
I'm not going to plague you with a lot of questions.
tease
He teased me mercilessly about going there.
harass
a celebrity routinely harassed by the paparazzi
hassle (informal)
The children started hassling me as soon as I sat down.
aggravate (informal)
What aggravates you most about this country?
badger
She badgered her doctor time and again, pleading with him.
gall
It was their smugness that galled her most.
madden
The ticking of the clock really maddens me.
ruffle
My refusal to let him ruffle me infuriated him.
exasperate
The constant interruptions were beginning to exasperate me.
nettle
I instantly regretted my remark, because it obviously nettled him.
molest
He disguised himself to avoid being molested in the street.
pester
He's always hanging round and pestering me.
vex
Everything about that man vexes me.
displease
He did not wish to displease her.
irk
The rehearsal process irked him increasingly.
bedevil
His career was bedevilled by injury.
rile
Cancellations rarely riled him.
peeve
get under your skin (informal)
Her mannerisms can just get under your skin and needle you.
get on your nerves (informal)
nark (British, Australian, New Zealand, slang)
get up your nose (informal)
give someone grief (British, South Africa)
make your blood boil
piss you off (taboo, slang)
rub someone up the wrong way (informal)
get your goat (slang)
get in your hair (informal)
get on your wick (British, slang)
get your dander up (informal)
get your back up
incommode (formal)
put your back up
hack you off (informal)
be on your back (slang)
Opposites
comfort
,
calm
,
soothe
, console,
appease
,
solace
,
mollify

Additional synonyms

in the sense of aggravate
Definition
to annoy
What aggravates you most about this country?
Synonyms
annoy,
bother,
provoke,
needle (informal),
irritate,
tease,
hassle (informal),
gall,
exasperate,
nettle,
pester,
vex,
irk,
get under your skin (informal),
get on your nerves (informal),
nark (British, Australian, New Zealand, slang),
get up your nose (informal),
be on your back (slang),
piss you off (taboo, slang),
rub (someone) up the wrong way (informal),
get in your hair (informal),
get on your wick (British, slang),
hack you off (informal)
in the sense of anger
Definition
to make (someone) angry
The decision to allow more construction angered the residents.
Synonyms
enrage,
provoke,
outrage,
annoy,
offend,
excite,
irritate,
infuriate,
hassle (informal),
aggravate (informal),
incense,
fret,
gall,
madden,
exasperate,
nettle,
vex,
affront,
displease,
rile,
pique,
get on someone's nerves (informal),
antagonize,
get someone's back up,
piss someone off (taboo, slang),
put someone's back up,
nark (British, Australian, New Zealand, slang),
make someone's blood boil,
get in someone's hair (informal),
get someone's dander up (informal)
in the sense of badger
Definition
to pester or harass
She badgered her doctor time and again, pleading with him.
Synonyms
pester,
worry,
harry,
bother,
bug (informal),
bully,
plague,
hound,
get at,
harass,
nag,
hassle (informal),
chivvy,
importune (formal),
bend someone's ear (informal),
be on someone's back (slang)

Synonyms of 'annoy'

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