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Definition of annoy in English: annoyverbəˈnɔɪəˈnɔɪ [with object]1Make (someone) a little angry; irritate. the decision really annoyed him your damned cheerfulness has always annoyed me 你那该死的快活样老让我不痛快。 Example sentencesExamples - What annoyed us was the attitude of the staff.
- If someone else is annoying you, and they have no idea what effect they are having on you, then what is the point in staying annoyed with them?
- This song annoyed me the very minute I first heard it.
- If you go around incessantly spreading goodwill, you'll just annoy people.
- Not only is it exhausting to be in a state of near-perpetual anger, but it's unhealthy, and it annoys other people.
- It's a minor quibble to be sure, but one that annoyed me nonetheless.
- Clichéd, stereotypical tales of the relative strengths of men and women always annoy me.
- When I was young my father used to annoy me by saying that I would have to work much harder than my peers to succeed.
- Here's a tip: if listening to other people talk annoys you, don't hang out in public places.
- The lack of the advertised guided tours at Versailles annoyed me.
- But what annoys me is people who take volunteering for granted, who take me for granted.
- Bad service loses people business and annoys customers - and customers need to feel that they are getting good service in order to cough up for it.
- It annoys me that good always seems to prevail over evil in books, movies, TV, and life in general.
- It is up to him as to whether he wants to annoy 51 % of the population.
- I accepted the decision - what annoyed me most was how no one had the decency to say thanks for what I'd done for the club.
- O'Connor later admitted all the jokes upset him: "You have to put on a brave face but it annoys you."
- Sometimes my view of taxes being necessary annoys a few people who see them selves paying for something they don't use.
- The lack of information is what creates the chaos and annoys people.
Synonyms irritate, vex, make angry, make cross, anger, exasperate, irk, gall, pique, put out, displease, get/put someone's back up, antagonize, get on someone's nerves, rub up the wrong way, ruffle, ruffle someone's feathers, make someone's hackles rise, raise someone's hackles enrage, infuriate, madden, make someone's blood boil, drive to distraction, goad, provoke informal aggravate, peeve, hassle, miff, rile, nettle, needle, get, get to, bug, hack off, get under someone's skin, get in someone's hair, get up someone's nose, put someone's nose out of joint, get someone's goat, give someone the hump, rattle someone's cage, drive mad/crazy, drive round the bend/twist, drive up the wall, make someone see red British informal wind up, nark, get across, get on someone's wick North American informal tee off, tick off, burn up, rankle, ride, gravel, bum out New Zealand informal rark vulgar slang piss off British vulgar slang get on someone's tits informal, dated give someone the pip, get someone's dander up rare exacerbate, hump, rasp irritated, cross, angry, vexed, exasperated, irked, piqued, displeased, put out, fed up, disgruntled, in a bad mood, in a temper, testy, in high dudgeon, huffy, in a huff, resentful, aggrieved furious, irate, infuriated, incensed, enraged, wrathful, choleric informal aggravated, peeved, nettled, miffed, miffy, mad, riled, hacked off, peed off, hot under the collar, foaming at the mouth British informal browned off, cheesed off, brassed off, not best pleased, narked, ratty, shirty, eggy North American informal teed off, ticked off, sore, bent out of shape Australian/New Zealand informal snaky, crook West Indian informal vex vulgar slang pissed off North American vulgar slang pissed literary ireful archaic snuffy, wrath 2archaic Harm or attack repeatedly. 〈古〉侵扰 a gallant Saxon, who annoyed this Coast 一个勇敢的撒克逊人，他不断侵扰这一海岸地区。
Derivativesnounəˈnɔɪə Write down the known "annoyers" that occur at each stage things you've been told by customers directly. Example sentencesExamples - We have a enough things to worry about without being tortured by evil lawyers and other professional annoyers!
- The relations were broken into three groups: ones that were pacifiers, ones that were markedly present but of no known effect, and ones that were annoyers.
- With QuickTopic Pro you can also delete entire ranges of messages easily, and you can block the IP addresses of any persistent annoyers.
- Once we get all those annoyers into prison and they start annoying their jailers, what them? Charge them with being annoying, fine them for being so annoying.
- They claim the vermin-annoyers show no consistent success or, sometimes, no success at all. They're not approved for use by commercial pest-control companies because not enough is known about potential side effects.
OriginMiddle English (in the sense 'be hateful to'): from Old French anoier (verb), anoi (noun), based on Latin in odio in the phrase mihi in odio est 'it is hateful to me'. Annoy originally has a much stronger sense than the modern one. It came into English from Old French anoier, but was based on Latin in odio, from the phrase mihi in odio est, ‘it is hateful to me’.
Rhymesahoy, alloy, Amoy, boy, buoy, cloy, coy, destroy, employ, enjoy, Hanoi, hoi polloi, hoy, Illinois, joy, koi, oi, ploy, poi, Roy, savoy, soy, tatsoi, toy, trompe l'œil, troy Definition of annoy in US English: annoyverbəˈnɔɪəˈnoi [with object]1Irritate (someone); make (someone) a little angry. 使气愤；使生气 your damned cheerfulness has always annoyed me 你那该死的快活样老让我不痛快。 no object rock music loud enough to annoy Example sentencesExamples - Here's a tip: if listening to other people talk annoys you, don't hang out in public places.
- It's a minor quibble to be sure, but one that annoyed me nonetheless.
- It is up to him as to whether he wants to annoy 51 % of the population.
- I accepted the decision - what annoyed me most was how no one had the decency to say thanks for what I'd done for the club.
- This song annoyed me the very minute I first heard it.
- But what annoys me is people who take volunteering for granted, who take me for granted.
- The lack of information is what creates the chaos and annoys people.
- When I was young my father used to annoy me by saying that I would have to work much harder than my peers to succeed.
- Clichéd, stereotypical tales of the relative strengths of men and women always annoy me.
- The lack of the advertised guided tours at Versailles annoyed me.
- Sometimes my view of taxes being necessary annoys a few people who see them selves paying for something they don't use.
- Not only is it exhausting to be in a state of near-perpetual anger, but it's unhealthy, and it annoys other people.
- Bad service loses people business and annoys customers - and customers need to feel that they are getting good service in order to cough up for it.
- If someone else is annoying you, and they have no idea what effect they are having on you, then what is the point in staying annoyed with them?
- O'Connor later admitted all the jokes upset him: "You have to put on a brave face but it annoys you."
- If you go around incessantly spreading goodwill, you'll just annoy people.
- It annoys me that good always seems to prevail over evil in books, movies, TV, and life in general.
- What annoyed us was the attitude of the staff.
Synonyms irritate, vex, make angry, make cross, anger, exasperate, irk, gall, pique, put out, displease, get someone's back up, put someone's back up, antagonize, get on someone's nerves, rub up the wrong way, ruffle, ruffle someone's feathers, make someone's hackles rise, raise someone's hackles irritated, cross, angry, vexed, exasperated, irked, piqued, displeased, put out, fed up, disgruntled, in a bad mood, in a temper, testy, in high dudgeon, huffy, in a huff, resentful, aggrieved - 1.1archaic Harm or attack repeatedly.
〈古〉侵扰 a gallant Saxon, who annoyed this Coast 一个勇敢的撒克逊人，他不断侵扰这一海岸地区。
OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘be hateful to’): from Old French anoier (verb), anoi (noun), based on Latin in odio in the phrase mihi in odio est ‘it is hateful to me’. |