Annoyance
[ə'nɒɪəns] or [ə'nɔɪəns]
Definition
(noun.) the act of troubling or annoying someone.
(noun.) something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness; 'washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washer'; 'a bit of a bother'; 'he's not a friend, he's an infliction'.
(noun.) anger produced by some annoying irritation.
Checked by Irving--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of annoying, or the state of being annoyed; molestation; vexation; annoy.
(n.) That which annoys.
Inputed by Clara
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Trouble, vexation, molestation, discomfort, plague, nuisance, bore, torment, curse, infliction, abomination, scourge, thorn, bitter pill, gall and wormwood.
Checked by Emil
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Trouble, discomfort, vexation, worry, nuisance, bother, uneasiness, plague,bore
ANT:Joy, gladness, gratification, delight, ease, pleasure
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Examples
- He was highly delighted, and the exchange was made, much, I believe, to the annoyance of Mr. Elliston, though I knew not why it grieved him. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The dad raised their wages all round to recompense them for the annoyance. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- His worship knew this perfectly well; but it was a good annoyance, and a safe one. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- A look of annoyance passed over Holmes's face. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- I read suspicion there and annoyance, but no jest. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- I expect that we shall be able to go down to Norfolk tomorrow, and to take our friend some very definite news as to the secret of his annoyance. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Dear, dear,' exclaimed Mr. Pickwick, who had been evidently roused by his friend's appeal; 'what an annoyance that door is! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I suppressed my indignation; but I showed her that her intention was not lost upon me, and I repaid her annoyance by affecting humility. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- By these means the men were enabled to walk about erect when off duty, without fear of annoyance from sharpshooters. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- They were probably always more or less of an annoyance to the priests. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- At Crawley's charming little reunions of an evening this fatal amusement commonly was practised--much to good-natured little Mrs. Crawley's annoyance. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- She dared not go to meet him, and tell him what she had done all day, for fear of her mother's jealous annoyance. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Rosamond was naively convinced of what an old gentleman ought to do to prevent her from suffering annoyance. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The annoyance of the bells must be terrible. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Speaking of our pilgrims reminds me that we have one or two people among us who are sometimes an annoyance. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- How the fatigues and annoyances of travel fill one with bitter prejudices sometimes! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I have already referred to the small annoyances which appear to have troubled him since his return. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- He had not really cared or thought about this point of forgetfulness until it occurred to him in his invention of annoyances for Bulstrode. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- There were too many annoyances. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- But behold how annoyances repeat themselves. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- These repeated annoyances could have at last but one effect --they shook his confidence. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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