† noyfuladj.
Obsolete.
1. Annoying, troublesome, tiresome. Also: harmful, hurtful, noxious.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > [adjective]
litherc893
scathefulc900
balefulOE
orneOE
teenfulOE
evilc1175
venomousc1290
scathela1300
prejudiciala1325
fell?c1335
harmfula1340
grievous1340
ill1340
wicked1340
noisomea1382
venomed1382
noyfulc1384
damageousc1386
mischievousc1390
unwholesomea1400
undisposingc1400
damnablec1420
prejudiciable1429
contagiousc1440
damagefulc1449
pestiferous1458
damageable1474
pestilent?a1475
nuisable1483
nocible1490
nuisible1490
nuisant1494
noxiousa1500
nocent?c1500
pestilential1531
tortious1532
pestilentious1533
nocive1538
offensivea1548
vitiating1547
dangerous1548
offending1552
dispendious1557
injurious1559
offensible1575
offensant1578
baneful1579
incommodious1579
prejudicious1579
prejudical1595
inimicous1598
damnifiable1604
taking1608
obnoxious1612
nocivousc1616
mischieving1621
nocuous1627
nocumentous1644
disserviceable1645
inimical1645
detrimentous1648
injuring1651
detrimental1656
inimicitial1656
nocumental1657
incommodous1677
fatal1681
inimic1696
nociferous1706
damnific1727
inimicable1805
violational1821
insalutary1836
detrimentary1841
wronging1845
unsalvatory1850
damaging1856
damnous1870
wack1986
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > [adjective] > harmful or injurious
litherc893
scathefulc900
orneOE
teenfulOE
atterlichc1050
evilc1175
wicka1250
scathela1300
deringa1325
unkindc1330
harmfula1340
ill1340
wicked1340
shrewdc1380
noisomea1382
venomed1382
noyfulc1384
damageousc1386
infectivea1398
unwholesomea1400
annoying?c1400
mischievous1414
damnablec1420
contagiousc1430
mischievable?a1439
damagefulc1449
damageable1474
unhappy1474
nuisable1483
nocible1490
nuisible1490
nuisant1494
noxiousa1500
nocent?c1500
hurtful1526
sinistral1534
nocive1538
offendent1547
offensivea1548
dangerous1548
naughtya1555
dispendious1557
offensible1575
wrackful1578
baneful1579
hindersome1580
scandalizing1593
damnifiable1604
taking1608
toadish1611
illful1613
nocivousc1616
mischieving1621
nocuous1627
obnoxious1638
nocumentous1644
vicious1656
nocumental1657
abnoxious1680
dungeonable1691
offending1694
hurtsomea1699
nociferous1706
sinister1726
damnific1727
hazardous1748
slaughtering1811
damaging1856
damnous1870
lethal1942
the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > [adjective] > annoying or vexatious
angeeOE
swinkfuleOE
plightlyOE
teenfulOE
contrariousc1320
drefa1325
troublinga1325
despitousa1340
thornya1340
discomfortablec1350
troublablec1374
noyousa1382
noyfulc1384
diseasy1387
angrya1393
painful1395
hackinga1400
annoying?c1400
annoyousc1400
cumbrousc1400
teenc1400
annoyfulc1405
sputousc1420
diseasefula1425
molest?a1425
noying?a1425
noisomea1450
grievingc1450
tedious?1454
troublous1463
noisantc1475
displeasant1481
strouble1488
nuisant1494
noyanta1500
irksome1513
sturting1513
molestious1524
vexatious1534
cumbersome1535
uncommodious1541
spiteful1548
vexing?1548
incommodious1551
molestous1555
diseasing1558
grating1563
pestilent1565
sturtsome1570
molestuousa1572
troublesome1573
murrain1575
discommodable1579
galling1583
spiny1586
unsupportable1586
troubleful1588
plaguey1594
distressingc1595
molestful1596
molesting1598
vexful1598
fretful1603
briery1604
bemadding1608
mortifying1611
tiry1611
distressfula1616
irking1629
angersome1649
disobliging1652
discomforting1654
incomfortable1655
incommode1672
ruffling1680
unconvenient1683
pestifying1716
trying1718
offending1726
bothering1765
pesky1775
weary1785
sturty1788
unaccommodating1790
tiresome1798
werriting1808
bothersome1817
plaguesome1828
pestilential1833
fretsome1834
languorous1834
pesty1834
pestersome1843
nettlesome1845
miserable1850
niggling1854
distempering1855
be-maddeninga1861
nattery1873
nagging1883
pestiferous1890
trouble-giving1893
maddening1896
molestive1905
nuisancy1906
balls-aching?1912
nuisance1922
nattering1949
noodgy1969
dickheaded1991
dickish1991
cockish1996
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Luke xi. 7 Nyle thou be noyful to me.
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 143 (MED) Hit were noyefulle to charge þis place [sc. in a book] wiþ alle þilke resouns þat þere beeþ i-made.
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f.136 Þe norþerne wynde..is noyful to hem þat haueþ tisik.
?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) 4128 (MED) Þe bolnyng in his face wex grete, And had þarto a noyfull hete.
1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 299 b/1 Opene my woundes lest ony noyeful humour corrupte..the hyd passions.
a1525 Coventry Leet Bk. 182 The mater of this bille is grevous & Nuyefull to the comen pepull.
a1563 J. Bale King Johan (1985) ii. 87 A very noyfull worme, as Aristotle sheweth us, By whome are destroyed the honycombes of bees.
1584 T. Cogan Hauen of Health ci. 88 Declaring their noyfull qualities in appeyring of nature.
a1618 J. Davies Commend. Poems in Wks. (1878) II. 20/1 To be fore-pinde..In many a noyfull stoure of willing bale.
2. Of a person: annoyed, vexed. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > [adjective]
ofgrameda1200
agrameda1300
irk1303
overthoughta1325
aggrievedc1330
annoyedc1330
noyfula1387
teena1400
vexed?c1425
annoyousa1450
angry1485
noyeda1500
irked1513
engrieved1591
exulceratec1592
galled1601
incommodate1622
exulcerated1640
ruffled1659
uncommoded1683
chagrin1706
exacerbated1727
chagrineda1754
vexatious1756
discommoded1773
pipped1797
roiled1818
riled1825
outraged1836
put-out1836
vex1843
niggled1878
narked1888
hacked1892
wired1904
peeved1908
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1874) V. 331 (MED) After sixe and twenty ȝere of Cerdicus his comyng, Arthur was wery and noyeful.
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1876) VI. 57 Þe kyng of strange tonge was greved and noyful.
Derivatives
noyfully adv. rare
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > [adverb] > in annoying or vexatious manner
noyfully1395
annoyously?c1400
noyously1483
troublously1538
uncommodiously1545
wretchedly1546
irksomely1549
incommodiously1551
troublesomely1591
vexingly1599
cumbersomely1611
vexatiously1642
discomfortably1653
importunely1658
gratingly1683
mortifyingly1748
distressingly1786
gallingly1802
annoyingly1806
peskily1833
pesky1833
tryingly1841
discomfortingly1869
balls-achingly1972
Remonstr. against Romish Corruptions (Titus) (1851) 46 Settinge noiefulli in thraldom that that holi scripture settith profitabli in fredom.
noyfulness n. rare
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > [noun]
grievousness1303
noyfulnessa1398
fatality1490
harmfulnessa1586
balefulness1590
illnessc1595
offensiveness1618
disserviceableness1635
injuriousness1649
fatalness1652
noxiousness1655
prejudicialness1655
deleteriousness1758
vice1837
disutility1879
nocuousness1894
disvalue1925
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > [noun] > quality
loathnessc1175
grievousness1303
malicea1382
noyfulnessa1398
mischievousness1567
harmfulnessa1586
balefulness1590
illnessc1595
hurt1608
hurtfulness1611
mischief1646
noxiousness1655
deleteriousness1758
maleficence1796
vice1837
bale-fire1855
disutility1879
nocuousness1894
disvalue1925
the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > [noun] > annoying or vexatious quality
uneasiness1387
noyfulnessa1398
troublousness1530
irksomeness1533
troublesomeness1548
molestiousness1559
sturtsomenessa1586
incommodiousnessa1631
gallingness1647
vexatiousness1650
annoyingness1864
jarringness1865
peskiness1869
tryingness1897
bastardism1993
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 113 By nyȝnesse of þe eiþir sterre, his noyfulnesse is I-tempred.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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