as in frustrating
causing annoyance
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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Relevance
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
as in irritating
to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts
deliberately annoyed the elderly neighbor by walking across his lawn
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Antonyms & Near Antonyms
Try This Instead
Try This InsteadFor
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an annoying habit
an annoying thing
an annoying voice
annoying noise
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Recent Examples of annoying
Lauren Huff, EW.com, 5 Mar. 2025
The film offers glimpses of some old Mickeys – Nos. 12 through 16 die in vaccine trials during a zippy montage ― while others are mentioned in passing: No. 6 is the annoying and clingy one.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2025
This song is a dramatic, emotional, annoying, definitively ’80s earworm, and was therefore a shoo-in for the Best Original Song category.
—Carrie Wittmer, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2025
The glass that curves into the edges made using the phone annoying, as my hand holding the phone interfered with my touch interactions.
—Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 28 Feb. 2025
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Adjective
The Good Place and She-Hulk actress looked back on her days of being annoying online while appearing on the latest episode of David Tennant Does a Podcast With.
—Lauren Huff, EW.com, 5 Mar. 2025
The film offers glimpses of some old Mickeys – Nos. 12 through 16 die in vaccine trials during a zippy montage ― while others are mentioned in passing: No. 6 is the annoying and clingy one.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2025
This song is a dramatic, emotional, annoying, definitively ’80s earworm, and was therefore a shoo-in for the Best Original Song category.
—Carrie Wittmer, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2025
The glass that curves into the edges made using the phone annoying, as my hand holding the phone interfered with my touch interactions.
—Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 28 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for annoying
Adjective
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What’s especially frustrating to people involved in ferret conservation is that funding and staff resources were already limited heading into 2025.—
Benji Jones,
Vox,
26 Feb. 2025
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Most welcomed this move, even if the timing was frustrating.—
Louis Staples,
Rolling Stone,
26 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Cover irritating clothing seams with a smooth material such as silk to avoid abrasive irritation.—
Anna Giorgi,
Verywell Health,
5 Jan. 2025
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At Abercrombie & Fitch Packed with conditioning and hydrating castor oil, argan oil & coconut oil, this eyelash & brow growth serum will help promote the appearance of longer, fuller looking lashes and brows without the use of irritating or harmful ingredients.—
refinery29.com,
refinery29.com,
4 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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These findings should be deeply disturbing to Western policymakers, for at least two reasons.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
3 Mar. 2025
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The fact that adult writers are spending their time dissecting my face, my body, my choices is disturbing.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
3 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Rodin Cars The big idea behind Rodin is to build cars without bothering about vehicle regulations – in stark contrast to F1 cars, which are subject to several rules around how they're put together.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
2 Jan. 2025
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The city and state have also been ramping up efforts to engage troubled vagrants sleeping and sometimes bothering straphangers, connecting them with services and shelter and potentially involuntary treatment.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
27 Dec. 2024
Verb
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The International Monetary Fund cited a number of contributing factors that led to a global cost-of-living crisis in its annual report last year, including the pandemic and climate change, which disrupted food and supply chains, in addition to geopolitical conflict’s aggravating the problems.—
Doha Madani,
NBC News,
18 Dec. 2024
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But he was sidelined with a groin injury late in training camp and apparently returned too soon, aggravating the injury in Week 2 and then being held out until Week 9.—
Phil Rogers,
Forbes,
13 Dec. 2024
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“Annoying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/annoying. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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