annoyancenoun
uk/əˈnɔɪ.əns/us/əˈnɔɪ.əns/C1 [ U ] the feeling or state of being annoyed:
I can understand your annoyance - I'd be furious if she ever treated me like that.
(Much) to our annoyance, (= we were very annoyed that) we couldn't see anything from the back row of the theatre.
[ C ] something that makes you annoyed:
One of the greatest annoyances was being bitten by mosquitoes every night.
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- She couldn't suppress her annoyance when the food was returned to the kitchen uneaten.
- There's clearly some annoyance among the workforce at the way the changes were introduced.
- My aunt snorted in annoyance and marched off to find the manager.
- Then, to our great annoyance, the train stopped outside the station for ten minutes.
- A group of youths have been causing annoyance in the neighbourhood.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Anger and displeasure
- acrimonious
- anger
- animus
- bad feeling
- benny
- flap
- get the hump idiom
- gorge
- grit
- grit your teeth idiom
- grudge
- hard feelings idiom
- hissy fit
- irritation
- resent
- resentful
- slow burn
- sour grapes idiom
- spite
- tantrum
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Causing feelings of anger and displeasure