annoying
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɔɪɪŋ
Adjective
annoying (comparative more annoying, superlative most annoying)
- Causing irritation or annoyance; troublesome; vexatious.
- Vandals are really annoying.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:annoying
Translations
causing irritation or annoyance; troublesome; vexatious
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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.
- 1865, William Buell Sprague, Annals of the American Unitarian Pulpit
References
- annoying in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- annoying in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
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