Annoyed
[ə'nɒɪd] or [ə'nɔɪd]
Definition
(adj.) aroused to impatience or anger; 'made an irritated gesture'; 'feeling nettled from the constant teasing'; 'peeved about being left out'; 'felt really pissed at her snootiness'; 'riled no end by his lies'; 'roiled by the delay' .
(adj.) troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances; 'harassed working mothers'; 'a harried expression'; 'her poor pestered father had to endure her constant interruptions'; 'the vexed parents of an unruly teenager' .
Typist: Yvette--From WordNet
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Annoy
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Examples
- Sir James was annoyed, and leaned forward to play with Celia's Maltese dog. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- This time he really looked annoyed. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I like to hear them, though, I dare say, I spoke as if I was annoyed. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- The horse was snatching grass, swinging his head sideways as he pulled, annoyed by the man and his talking. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- If the flood annoyed him, so much the better. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Miss Brooke was annoyed at the interruption. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- All his relations--his mother especially--would be annoyed if he married me. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Betteredge looked surprised as well as annoyed by the interruption. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- He too was annoyed to find her there. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- His very sight annoyed her. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Archer, he could not have said why, was slightly annoyed. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- She is much annoyed at her awkward position. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- They annoyed him. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Poor Lowther looked a little annoyed. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Something must have annoyed him before he came here. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- The silence of the boys annoyed me. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Margaret stopped her merriment as soon as she saw Mrs. Thornton's annoyed look. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- During the months of March and April this same force under Forrest annoyed us considerably. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- She was not particularly annoyed at Margaret's way of behaving. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- I have been persecuted and annoyed by scoundrels of late, Sir. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Lydgate was less flattered by his advantage over the Middlemarch Orlandos than he was annoyed by the perception of Mrs. Bulstrode's meaning. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I stick to my work, he answered, faintly annoyed by the question. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- To be intruded on Robert thus, against her will and his expectation, and when he evidently would rather not be delayed, keenly annoyed her. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The operators there had been much annoyed by an army of cockroaches that used to march across the table where they put their lunches and make a raid on the sandwiches and pies. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Call Meg, and tell her you'll give in, said Laurie, with an approving pat, which annoyed Amy more than the 'giving in'. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- It was but a natural impression that was made upon him, and yet she was a little annoyed by it. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- They annoyed, it is true, but any damage thus done to a railroad by any cavalry expedition is soon repaired. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The whole tone of it annoyed her. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Most of us have at times been annoyed by the inability to secure water on an upper story, because of the drawing off of a supply on a lower floor. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Mr. Thornton was annoyed more than he ought to have been at all that Mr. Bell was saying. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
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