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Annoy   /ənˈɔɪ/   Listen
verb
Annoy  v. t.  (past & past part. annoyed; pres. part. annoying)  
1.
To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to tease; to ruffle in mind; to vex; as, I was annoyed by his remarks. "Say, what can more our tortured souls annoy Than to behold, admire, and lose our joy?"
2.
To molest, incommode, or harm; as, to annoy an army by impeding its march, or by a cannonade.
Synonyms: To molest; vex; trouble; pester; embarrass; perplex; tease.


noun
Annoy  n.  A feeling of discomfort or vexation caused by what one dislikes; also, whatever causes such a feeling; as, to work annoy. "Worse than Tantalus' is her annoy."





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"Annoy" Quotes from Famous Books



... supply of provisions from the country which lay between, and which was extensive and fertile, with people in it to cultivate it; and which would also serve as a place of refuge to any that might be inclined to annoy the king. ...
— The First Four Books of Xenophon's Anabasis • Xenophon
... makes trifles so important?" she asked Isabelle in a rare effusion of truth-speaking. "Why do some voices—correct and well-bred ones—exasperate you, and others, no better, fill you with content, comfort? Why do little acts—the way a man holds a book or strokes his mustache—annoy you? Why are you dead and bored when you walk with one person, and are gay when you walk ...
— Together • Robert Herrick (1868-1938)
... to be ashamed of himself would be indeed an unheard-of thing! Now go away, you in the glittering shirt! for we are studying eudaemonism, and you are talking nonsense, and I am busy, and you annoy ...
— Jurgen - A Comedy of Justice • James Branch Cabell
... didn't want to annoy you with Simon's madcap ideas,' Hannah murmured. 'But it's all ...
— Ghetto Comedies • Israel Zangwill
... those nuisances," he explained. "They can kill a slave if he gets careless. And they annoy the stock." ...
— The Weakling • Everett B. Cole


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