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单词 annoying
释义

annoying

adjective

an·​noy·​ing ə-ˈnȯi-iŋ How to pronounce annoying (audio)
: causing vexation or irritation : causing annoyance : irritating
an annoying habit
annoying questions
annoyingly
ə-ˈnȯi-iŋ-lē How to pronounce annoying (audio)
adverb

Synonyms

  • abrasive
  • aggravating
  • bothersome
  • carking
  • chafing
  • disturbing
  • exasperating
  • frustrating
  • galling
  • irksome
  • irritating
  • maddening
  • nettlesome
  • nettling
  • peeving
  • pesky
  • pestiferous
  • pestilent
  • pestilential
  • pesty
  • plaguey
  • plaguy
  • rankling
  • rebarbative
  • riling
  • vexatious
  • vexing
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Example Sentences

my partner has the annoying habit of eating all the pickles and leaving a jar full of pickle juice in the refrigerator
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Word History

Etymology

see annoy

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

annoying

adjective

an·​noy·​ing ə-ˈnȯi-iŋ How to pronounce annoying (audio)
: causing slight anger
an annoying habit

annoying 1 of 2

adjective

as in irritating
causing annoyance my partner has the annoying habit of eating all the pickles and leaving a jar full of pickle juice in the refrigerator

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • irritating
  • frustrating
  • disturbing
  • aggravating
  • irksome
  • exasperating
  • maddening
  • bothersome
  • vexing
  • pesky
  • painful
  • vexatious
  • abrasive
  • pesty
  • nettlesome
  • distractive
  • nettling
  • pestilential
  • pestiferous
  • plaguey
  • chafing
  • infuriating
  • rebarbative
  • peeving
  • galling
  • riling
  • rankling
  • stressful
  • troubling
  • troublesome
  • carking
  • pestilent
  • plaguy
  • mischievous
  • enraging
  • displeasing
  • inconveniencing
  • biting
  • upsetting
  • tiresome
  • importunate
  • angering
  • burdensome
  • discomforting
  • distressing
  • disquieting
  • offensive
  • bratty
  • trying
  • worrisome
  • importune
  • jarring
  • grating
  • brattish
  • spiny
  • thorny
  • jangling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • delightful
  • pleasing

annoying

2 of 2

verb

present participle of annoy
as in bugging
to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts deliberately annoyed the elderly neighbor by walking across his lawn

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • irritating
  • bugging
  • bothering
  • aggravating
  • persecuting
  • exasperating
  • infuriating
  • getting
  • vexing
  • grating
  • irking
  • worrying
  • eating
  • angering
  • itching
  • griping
  • nettling
  • teasing
  • galling
  • insulting
  • chafing
  • ruffling
  • plaguing
  • peeving
  • riling
  • rasping
  • frosting
  • provoking
  • nagging
  • getting to
  • narking
  • spiting
  • harassing
  • wearing on
  • piquing
  • upsetting
  • enraging
  • putting out
  • rubbing the wrong way
  • maddening
  • offending
  • burning (up)
  • unsettling
  • sticking in one's craw
  • getting on one's nerves
  • hassling
  • hacking (off)
  • heckling
  • badgering
  • setting one's teeth on edge
  • getting one's goat
  • pestering
  • distressing
  • rousing
  • discomforting
  • antagonizing
  • agitating
  • baiting
  • disquieting
  • outraging
  • perturbing
  • harrying
  • inflaming
  • incensing
  • undoing
  • rankling
  • affronting
  • roiling
  • fretting
  • bullyragging
  • unhinging
  • devilling
  • miffing
  • exercising
  • ballyragging
  • deviling
  • enflaming
  • hagriding
  • discomposing
  • freaking (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • obliging
  • satisfying
  • gratifying
  • pleasing
  • appeasing
  • placating
  • pacifying
  • reassuring
  • conciliating
  • delighting
  • soothing
  • comforting
  • mollifying
  • assuring
  • propitiating
  • quieting
  • consoling
  • cheering
  • gladdening
  • contenting
  • solacing
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