ANNOY | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of annoy in English annoyverb [ T ] uk /əˈnɔɪ/ us /əˈnɔɪ/ Add to word list Add to word list B1 to make someone angry: Tina really annoyed me in the meeting this morning. I'm sorry - is my cough annoying you? [ + that ] It annoys me that she just expects us to help. It really annoys me when people expect me to tip as well as pay a service charge in a restaurant. Synonyms bother irritate nark (ANNOY) UK slang old-fashioned nettle mainly UK rile informal vex old-fashioned to annoy someone

• annoyIt annoys me that you're always late.
• botherIt bothers me that you don't help with the washing up.
• irritateAfter a while her behaviour really began to irritate me.
• peeveWhat peeved her most was that he hadn't even called her.
• bugHe's been bugging me all morning.
• aggravateIt really aggravates me the way he never thanks me for what I've done.

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• angerIt angers me that governments never do anything to eradicate the problem.
• infuriateIt infuriates me to hear of drug use in any sport.
• make your blood boilIt still makes my blood boil to think of all the time we wasted on this
• annoyHe asked her to move more quickly, which annoyed her.
• irritateI'm the only one who talks to him, and that irritates me.
• frustrateIt really frustrates me that I can't do things for myself.

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• I'm sure he says these things deliberately to annoy you.
• It really annoys me when people push in front of me like that.
• They were afraid to complain about the noise in case they annoyed the neighbours.
• The film portrayed the artist as a complete drunk, which has annoyed a lot of people.
• After a while her coughing really began to annoy me.

Causing feelings of anger and displeasure

• aggravate
• aggrieve
• alienate
• anger
• annoyance
• bend
• goat
• grate
• grate on someone/something
• hack someone off phrasal verb
• harass
• joke
• nark
• rub
• rub someone up the wrong way idiom
• ruffle
• ruffle someone's feathers idiom
• set someone's teeth on edge idiom
• tit
• troll

See more results » (Definition of annoy from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

annoy | American Dictionary

annoyverb [ T ] us /əˈnɔɪ/ Add to word list Add to word list to make someone slightly angry or upset: I know you’re doing this only to annoy me.

annoyance

noun [ C/U ] us /əˈnɔɪ·əns/ [ U ] As soon as he saw me, a look of annoyance crossed his face.

annoyed

adjective us /əˈnɔɪd/ He gave me an annoyed look and left without speaking.

annoying

adjective us /əˈnɔɪ·ɪŋ/ It’s annoying to have to explain this a second time.

annoyingly

adverb us /əˈnɔɪ·ɪŋ·li/ Ads annoyingly interrupted the TV movie. (Definition of annoy from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of annoy

annoy Funding bodies have the annoying habit of wanting to know the methodology or methodologies that will be used in carrying out the proposed research. From the Cambridge English Corpus By doing so, we will not only save computational time, we will also avoid annoying the user with irrelevant accentuations on 'partial' words. From the Cambridge English Corpus This might be annoying in some rare circumstances. From the Cambridge English Corpus The volume is well written and cogent, although it does contain a number of annoying typographical errors that the copy editors should have picked up. From the Cambridge English Corpus They were then asked to say the following three words to measure their normal pitch ranges for computer voice-recognition purposes: annoyed, announced, annulled. From the Cambridge English Corpus It would be annoying to automatically inherit a structure that does not fit. From the Cambridge English Corpus For example, it is annoying that there has to be an explicit description for each memory element that is not affected by an operation. From the Cambridge English Corpus As well as perpetuating powerful negative stereotypes, it clearly annoys older people themselves. From the Cambridge English Corpus There are also some annoying omissions in the list of references. From the Cambridge English Corpus The serious student of grammar, although likely to be annoyed by terminological discrepancies, will continue to learn from both. From the Cambridge English Corpus The chatty, easy-going tone of the notes may annoy some but should amuse most. From the Cambridge English Corpus If there is one annoying shortcoming of this book it is the result of the authors' search for balance. From the Cambridge English Corpus A minor yet annoying point is the anglocentric perspective of this book. From the Cambridge English Corpus The differences in language are exploited for their rich complexity, and not as annoying deviations from the norm. From the Cambridge English Corpus It's a bit annoying having to look up the small print of the copyright notices in the front pages. From the Cambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of annoy?

Translations of annoy

in Chinese (Traditional) 煩擾, 打攪, 使煩惱… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 烦扰, 打搅, 使烦恼… See more in Spanish molestar, irritar… See more in Portuguese aborrecer, chatear, irritar… See more in Marathi in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Tamil in Hindi in Gujarati in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Urdu in Ukrainian in Telugu in Bengali in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Korean in Italian एखाद्याला चीड उत्पन्र करणे… See more ～をいらいらさせる, むっとさせる, いらいらさせる… See more kızdırmak, rahatsız etmek, canını sıkmak… See more agacer, contrarier, déranger… See more molestar, enutjar… See more ergeren… See more யாராவது ஒருவரை கோபப்படுத்த… See more किसी को परेशान करना, नाराज़ करना… See more પરેશાન કરવું, ચીડવવું… See more ærgre, irritere, genere… See more besvära, irritera… See more mengganggu… See more ärgern… See more irritere, ergre, plage… See more پریشان کرنا, تکلیف دینا… See more набридати, дратувати… See more సతాయించడం, ఎవరికైనా కోపం తెప్పించడం… See more বিরক্ত… See more zlobit, otravovat… See more mengganggu… See more ทำให้รำคาญ, รบกวน… See more làm phiền… See more drażnić, denerwować, irytować… See more -를 짜증나게 하다… See more seccare, infastidire… See more Need a translator?

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More meanings of annoy

• annoy, frighten, scare, etc. the hell out of someone idiom
• annoy, bore, etc. the bejabbers out of sb, at scare the bejabbers out of someone idiom
• annoy, bore, etc. the bejesus out of sb, at scare the bejesus out of someone idiom

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• annoy, frighten, scare, etc. the hell out of someone idiom
• annoy, bore, etc. the bejabbers out of sb, at scare the bejabbers out of someone idiom
• annoy, bore, etc. the bejesus out of sb, at scare the bejesus out of someone idiom

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    • annoyance
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