: causing vexation or irritation : causing annoyance : irritating
an annoying habit
annoying questions
Examples of annoying in a Sentence
my partner has the annoying habit of eating all the pickles and leaving a jar full of pickle juice in the refrigerator
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Few things are as annoying as a vacuum cleaner that leaves a strip of dust by the baseboards and in the corners.
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Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 9 Apr. 2025
Ding-dong ditched … well into adulthood—one person rang a neighbor's doorbell repeatedly just to be annoying.
—Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
In fact: 85% of employees have dealt with an annoying coworker.
—Elizabeth Pearson, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
Vizio TVs reportedly show Trump immigration messaging when in standby
An experience recently shared by an apparent Vizio TV owner illustrates how ads delivered via TV operating systems (OSes) can take ads from annoying to intrusive and offensive.
—ArsTechnica, 1 Apr. 2025
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Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 9 Apr. 2025
Ding-dong ditched … well into adulthood—one person rang a neighbor's doorbell repeatedly just to be annoying.
—Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
In fact: 85% of employees have dealt with an annoying coworker.
—Elizabeth Pearson, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
Vizio TVs reportedly show Trump immigration messaging when in standby
An experience recently shared by an apparent Vizio TV owner illustrates how ads delivered via TV operating systems (OSes) can take ads from annoying to intrusive and offensive.
—ArsTechnica, 1 Apr. 2025
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“Annoying.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/annoying. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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