Annoying
[ə'nɒɪɪŋ] or [ə'nɔɪɪŋ]
Definition
(adj.) causing irritation or annoyance; 'tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork'; 'aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport'; 'found it galling to have to ask permission'; 'an irritating delay'; 'nettlesome paperwork'; 'a pesky mosquito'; 'swarms of pestering gnats'; 'a plaguey newfangled safety catch'; 'a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him'; 'a vexatious child'; 'it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong' .
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Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Annoy
(a.) That annoys; molesting; vexatious.
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Examples
- A very annoying feature until recently has been the losing of the lower film loop, due to poor patching of the film, tearing of the perforations in the films, etc. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- It was annoying. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- These violent awakenings must have been annoying to Oliver, but he never complained. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Krempe had now commenced an eulogy on himself, which happily turned the conversation from a subject that was so annoying to me. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- It's very annoying, though, Watson. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- To climb a hill must necessarily be fatiguing and annoying exercise for an oyster. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Under such circumstances Mr. Raffles's pleasure in annoying his company was kept in abeyance. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- They were annoying Mr. Luker, I answered, by loitering about the house at Lambeth. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- That general had undertaken to capture a battery of the enemy which was annoying his men. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Exactly: that makes it so annoying that Brooke should have put a man who has a sort of connection with the family in a position of that kind. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The servants were so surprised at seeing me that they hurried and bustled absurdly, and made all sorts of annoying mistakes. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I doubt his power of annoying us, by means of the owner of the Asylum, now that Sir Percival is dead, and Mrs. Catherick is free from all control. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Under the spell of it men try to stop drunkenness by closing the saloons; when poolrooms shock them they call a policeman; if Haywood becomes annoying, they procure an injunction. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- No, to be sure not, answered his lordship, to whom the subject appeared to be very annoying. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I beg your pardon for unintentionally annoying you. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
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