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- Dictionaryannoy/əˈnɔɪ/
verb
- 1. make (someone) a little angry; irritate: "the decision really annoyed him"
- 2. harm or attack repeatedly: archaic "a gallant Saxon, who annoyed this Coast"
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verb [ T ] uk / əˈnɔɪ / us / əˈnɔɪ / 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.
The meaning of ANNOY is to disturb or irritate especially by repeated acts. How to use annoy in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Annoy.
Synonyms for ANNOY: irritate, bother, persecute, bug, aggravate, infuriate, exasperate, irk; Antonyms of ANNOY: appease, placate, pacify, oblige, please, conciliate, satisfy, delight.
- Some common synonyms of annoy are harass, harry, pester, plague, tease, and worry. While all these words mean "to disturb or irritate by persistent...
- The synonyms harass and annoy are sometimes interchangeable, but harass implies petty persecutions or burdensome demands that exhaust one's nervous...
- The words harry and annoy are synonyms, but do differ in nuance. Specifically, harry may imply heavy oppression or maltreatment. // the strikers ha...
- While in some cases nearly identical to annoy, pester stresses the repetition of petty attacks. // constantly pestered with trivial complaints
- While the synonyms plague and annoy are close in meaning, plague implies a painful and persistent affliction. // plagued all her life by poverty
- Although the words tease and annoy have much in common, tease suggests an attempt to break down one's resistance or rouse to wrath. // children tea...
- The meanings of worry and annoy largely overlap; however, worry implies an incessant goading or attacking that drives one to desperation. // pursue...
People and things that annoy are doing something that you dislike—something that bothers you. Still, it’s usually something minor and not truly harmful. Annoy has a lot of synonyms that can be used in all kinds of annoying situations, including bother, aggravate, pester, vex, irritate, irk, exasperate, and perturb.
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.
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.
Annoy refers to mild disturbance caused by an act that tries one's patience: The sound of the printer annoyed me. Irritate is somewhat stronger: I was irritated by their constant interruptions. Bother implies imposition: In the end, his complaining just bothered the supervisor.
