annoy

Meaning of annoy

verb
  1. make (someone) a little angry; irritate.
    the decision really annoyed him
    your damned cheerfulness has always annoyed me
  2. harm or attack repeatedly.
    a gallant Saxon, who annoyed this Coast

Middle 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’.

Information about annoy

  • It is a verb.
  • The plural form of annoy is: annoys.
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Hyphenation of annoy

an-noy

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 5 chars.
  • annoy is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

annoy synonyms

Meaning rag:

rag, bother, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil

Meaning fill (someone) with anger; provoke anger in:

anger

Meaning irritate and frustrate (someone) intensely:

exasperate

Meaning irritate; annoy:

irk, irked

Meaning bold and impudent behaviour:

gall

Meaning feel irritated or resentful:

pique, piqued

Meaning make (someone) feel annoyed or dissatisfied:

displease

Meaning cause (someone) to become hostile:

antagonize

Meaning disconcert or upset the composure of (someone):

ruffle

Meaning make (someone) very angry:

enrage

Meaning make (someone) extremely angry and impatient:

infuriate, infuriated

Meaning make (someone) extremely annoyed:

madden

Meaning provoke or annoy (someone) so as to stimulate an action or reaction:

goad

Meaning deliberately make (someone) annoyed or angry:

provoke

Meaning annoy or exasperate:

aggravate

Meaning annoy or irritate:

peeve, peeved

Meaning harass; pester:

hassle

miff

Meaning provoke or annoy (someone) by continual criticism or questioning:

needle

Meaning annoy (someone) greatly:

get

Meaning annoy or bother (someone):

bug

Meaning annoy or irritate (someone):

rankle

Meaning sit on and control the movement of (an animal, typically a horse):

ride

Meaning make (a problem, bad situation, or negative feeling) worse:

exacerbate

Meaning carry (a heavy object) with difficulty:

hump

Meaning make a harsh, grating noise:

rasp

Meaning showing or feeling slight anger; annoyed:

irritated

Meaning go or extend across or to the other side of (an area, stretch of water, etc.):

cross

Meaning feeling or showing strong annoyance, displeasure, or hostility; full of anger:

angry

Meaning (of a problem or issue) difficult and much debated; problematic:

vexed

Meaning intensely irritated and frustrated:

exasperated

Meaning feeling or showing annoyance and displeasure:

displeased

Meaning angry or dissatisfied:

disgruntled

Meaning easily irritated; impatient and somewhat bad-tempered:

testy

Meaning annoyed or irritated and quick to take offence at petty things:

huffy

Meaning feeling or expressing bitterness or indignation at having been treated unfairly:

resentful

Meaning feeling resentment at having been unfairly treated:

aggrieved

Meaning extremely angry:

furious

Meaning feeling or characterized by great anger:

irate

Meaning very angry; enraged:

incensed

Meaning very angry; furious:

enraged

Meaning full of or characterized by intense anger:

wrathful

Meaning bad-tempered or irritable:

choleric

Meaning (of an offence) made more serious by attendant circumstances:

aggravated

Meaning irritate or annoy (someone):

nettled

Meaning somewhat annoyed; peeved:

miffed

Meaning easily annoyed or irritated:

miffy

Meaning make (someone) mad:

mad

Meaning make (someone) annoyed or irritated:

riled

Meaning annoyed:

narked

Meaning resembling or characteristic of a rat:

ratty

Meaning bad-tempered or annoyed:

shirty

Meaning rich in or covered with egg:

eggy

Meaning (of a part of one's body) painful or aching:

sore

Meaning like a snake in appearance; long and sinuous:

snaky

Meaning bend (something, especially a finger as a signal):

crook

Meaning supercilious or contemptuous:

snuffy

Meaning extreme anger:

wrath

Meaning drunk:

pissed

annoy antonyms

Meaning cause to feel happy and satisfied:

please

Meaning give (someone) pleasure or satisfaction:

gratify

Translation of annoy

Anagrams of annoy

anyon, nonya

Words that rhyme with annoy

Delannoy, Tannoy, reannoy, tannoy, ennoy

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