annoying
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
annoying (comparative more annoying, superlative most annoying)
- Causing irritation or annoyance; troublesome; vexatious.
- Vandals are really annoying.
Derived terms
Translations
causing irritation or annoyance
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Verb
annoying
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:annoying
Translations
causing irritation or annoyance; troublesome; vexatious
Noun
annoying (plural annoyings)
- (rare) That which annoys; an annoyance.
- 1865, William Buell Sprague, Annals of the American Unitarian Pulpit:
- […] 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.
References
- “annoying”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “annoying”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.