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annoying

/əˈnɔɪ.ɪŋ/noun, adjective3 syllables

Annoying means: causing irritation or annoyance.

Synonyms for annoying24

noun, as in the act of troubling or annoying someone

annoyance, irritation, vexation

adjective, as in causing irritation or annoyance

bothersome, galling, irritating, nettlesome, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, plaguy, plaguey, teasing, vexatious, vexing, disagreeable

also used for annoying

aggravating, aggy, wretched, displeasing, chagrining, cruddy, douchetastic, douchey

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What does annoying mean?2

adjective

1

causing irritation or annoyance“tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork”

noun

1

the act of troubling or annoying someone

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with annoying?5

two syllables

toying

three syllables

enjoyingdestroyingemployingdeploying
Show 17 near rhymes
appointedjoiningpointeddisappointedpointingavoidedavoidingdisappointingboilingnoisesadjoiningappointingspoilingvoicinganointedcoinagerejoicing

Annoying in a sentence

  • Disagreeing is normal, but constantly disagreeing with everything gets pretty annoying.DJ_Saidez
  • I know how annoying this is, but you have to get over it.DJ_Saidez
  • If you find haters annoying, imagine how annoying they find you.espamatics
  • Coil whine may sometimes be annoying, but it's usually harmless.soliloquist
  • Laura was slurping the soup, making some really annoying sounds.DJ_Saidez
  • To make matters worse, he isn't even conscious of annoying his neighbors.CK
  • You simply cannot reason with her, which is quite annoying.Jokubas
  • Laggy systems are, however, not simply annoying but substantially reduce user productivity.Cangarejo

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Forms of annoying

as a noun

plural
annoyings