annoying

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annoying

  • /əˈnɔɪ.ɪŋ/

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adjective more annoying · most annoying

  1. Causing irritation or annoyance; troublesome; vexatious. Having flies in your bedroom when you're trying to sleep is really annoying.

    Similar: aggravating, aggy, annoying, wretched, displeasing, bothersome, chagrining, cruddy, douchetastic, douchey, drippy, gittish

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of annoy

noun annoyings

  1. rare That which annoys; an annoyance. […] they lose the true spirit of Christianity; and, while their heads are filled with clouds of mysticism, and the smoke of metaphysical nonsense, their hearts are filled with uncharitableness and bitter annoyings.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: plaguy, pesky, annoyance, nettlesome, vexing, vexation, vexatious, bothersome, irritation, irritating, galling, pestering, troubling, disagreeable, teasing, pestiferous

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adj causing irritation or annoyance

Españolmolesto, fastidioso, molestoso, lacroso, chinchoso, cargante
한국어성가시다 seonggasida, 귀찮다 gwichanta, 짜증스럽다 jjajeungseureopda
日本語煩い urusai, うるさい urusai, 迷惑 meiwaku, 面倒 mendō
中文討厭 /讨厌 tǎoyàn, 煩人 /烦人 fánrén
Portuguêsirritante, chato
Françaisagaçant, irritant, énervant, ennuyeux, ennuyant
Deutschärgerlich, lästig
Italianopesante, seccante, scocciante, fastidioso, inopportuno, irritante
Ελληνικάενοχλητικός enochlitikós
Românăenervant, supărător
Русскийдоса́дный dosádnyj, надое́дливый nadojédlivyj, раздража́ющий razdražájuščij, назо́йливый nazójlivyj, доку́чливый dokúčlivyj
Tiếng Việtphiền, phiền phức, phiền toái
العربيةمُزْعِج muzʕij
עבריתמעצבן

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@misc{annoying_2026,
  title = {annoying},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/annoying},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}