annoyingadjective
uk/əˈnɔɪ.ɪŋ/us/əˈnɔɪ.ɪŋ/B1 making you feel annoyed:
It's really annoying when a train is late and there's no explanation.
He's got a really annoying laugh.
More examples
- It's annoying that we can't travel until Thursday, but at least the fare's cheaper then.
- There's an annoying hum on this computer.
- It's annoying when people keep pronouncing your name wrong.
- My car alarm keeps going off for no reason - it's really annoying.
- He has an annoying habit of arriving just when we are having our meal.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Annoying
- accursed
- aggravating
- bothersome
- contrariness
- cursed
- galling
- incendiary
- inflammatory
- infuriating
- insufferable
- interfering
- intrusive
- maddening
- niggle
- perishing
- pesky
- pisser
- provocative
- sickening
- vexing
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annoyingly
adverb uk/əˈnɔɪ.ɪŋ.li/us/əˈnɔɪ.ɪŋ.li/
Rather annoyingly, I'd just bought the hardback when the paperback edition came out.