annoying

English

Etymology

annoy + -ing

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɔɪɪŋ

Adjective

annoying (comparative more annoying, superlative most annoying)

  1. Causing irritation or annoyance; troublesome; vexatious.
    Vandals are really annoying.

Verb

annoying

  1. present participle of annoy

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Noun

annoying (plural annoyings)

  1. (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.

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