annoying | ||
1. | [ adjective ] causing irritation or annoyance | |
Synonyms: | pestering galling irritating nettlesome plaguy teasing pesky plaguey vexing vexatious pestiferous bothersome | |
Examples: | "tapping an annoying rhythm" "a particularly bothersome noise" "found it galling to have to ask permission" "an irritating delay" "nettlesome paperwork" "a pesky mosquito" "swarms of pestering gnats" |
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Related terms: | disagreeable | |
2. | [ noun ] the act of troubling or annoying someone | |
Synonyms: | irritation vexation troubling annoyance | |
Related terms: | mistreatment exasperation red_flag annoy | |
Similar spelling: |
annoyingly anhinga anomic anionic Anhingidae |