annoyance

English

Alternative forms

• annoyaunce (obsolete)
• annoying (obsolete)
• annoyment (nonstandard)

Etymology

From Middle English anoiaunce, from Old French anuiance, anoiance, from the verb anuier (“to cause problems”). Compare French ennui.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /əˈnɔɪəns/

Noun

annoyance (countable and uncountable, plural annoyances)

1. (countable) That which annoys.
2. (countable) An act or instance of annoying.
3. (uncountable) The psychological state of being annoyed or irritated.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for annoyance in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Synonyms

• nark

Translations

that which annoys

• Arabic: إِزْعَاج‎ m (ʾizʿāj)
• Bengali: জ্বালাতন (jalatôn)
• Bulgarian: доса́да (bg) f (dosáda), раздразне́ние (bg) n (razdraznénie)
• Catalan: molèstia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 煩惱 (zh), 烦恼 (zh) (fánnǎo)

• Danish: irritationsmoment n
• Dutch: ergernis (nl) f
• Esperanto: agacaĵo, malagrablaĵo
• Finnish: riesa (fi), kiusa (fi)
• French: ennui (fr) m, nuisance (fr) f
• German: Ärger (de) m, Ärgernis (de) n
• Greek: ενόχληση (el) f (enóchlisi)

  Ancient: ὄχλησις f (ókhlēsis), ἀχθηδών f (akhthēdṓn)

• Hungarian: bosszúság (hu)
• Italian: seccatura (it) f, scocciatura f, fastidio (it) m
• Japanese: 迷惑 (ja) (めいわく, meiwaku)
• Kabuverdianu: ingisu
• Latin: vexātiō f, molestia f
• Maori: kūrakuraku
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: irritasjon m

  Nynorsk: irritasjon m

• Plautdietsch: Ploag f
• Portuguese: irritação (pt) f
• Russian: доса́да (ru) f (dosáda), неприя́тность (ru) f (neprijátnostʹ), ньюснс m (nʹjusns)
• Spanish: disgusto (es) m, irritación (es) f, lata (es) f, molestia (es) f
• Swedish: irritationsmoment n

an act or instance of annoying

• Bulgarian: дразне́не (bg) n (draznéne), закачане (bg) n (zakačane)
• Danish: irriterende handling c
• Finnish: ärsyttäminen (fi)
• German: Ärger (de) m
• Greek: ενόχληση (el) f (enóchlisi)

  Ancient: ὄχλησις f (ókhlēsis)

• Hebrew: הצקה‎ f (hátsáká)

• Italian: disappunto (it)
• Latin: vexātiō f, molestia f
• Polish: denerwowanie (pl) n, wnerwianie n
• Portuguese: irritação (pt) f
• Russian: надоеда́ние (ru) n (nadojedánije)
• Spanish: fastidio (es) m

the psychological state of being annoyed or irritated

• Bulgarian: раздразне́ние (bg) n (razdraznénie)
• Czech: zlost f, zloba f, rozmrzelost f
• Danish: irritation c
• Finnish: harmitus, keljutus, kenkutus
• German: Verärgerung f, Verdruss (de) m
• Greek: ενόχληση (el) f (enóchlisi)

  Ancient: ὄχλησις f (ókhlēsis)

• Italian: irritazione (it) f, fastidio (it) m

• Maori: whanowhanoā
• Plautdietsch: Spiet m
• Polish: zdenerwowanie (pl) n, wnerwienie n
• Portuguese: irritação (pt) f
• Romanian: enervare (ro) f
• Russian: раздраже́ние (ru) n (razdražénije), раздражённость (ru) f (razdražónnostʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: razdraženost (sh)
• Swedish: irritation (sv) c

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Ewe: ^{(please verify)} dzikudodo n

• French: ^{(please verify)} irritation (fr) f, ^{(please verify)} agacement (fr) m, ^{(please verify)} désagrément (fr) m