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annoyed

[uh-noid]
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adjective

irritated, disturbed, or bothered: I was quite annoyed by the time he arrived, over an hour late.

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RELATED WORDS

miffed, bothered, irked, sore

Nearby words

  1. announce,
  2. announcement,
  3. announcer,
  4. annoy,
  5. annoyance,
  6. annoying,
  7. annual,
  8. annual general meeting,
  9. annual parallax,
  10. annual percentage rate

Origin of annoyed

annoy + -ed2

annoy

[uh-noi]

verb (used with object)

to disturb or bother (a person) in a way that displeases, troubles, or slightly irritates.
to molest; harm.

verb (used without object)

to be bothersome or troublesome.

noun

Archaic. an annoyance.

Origin of annoy

1250–1300; (v.) Middle English an(n)oien, enoien < Anglo-French, Old French anoier, anuier to molest, harm, tire < Late Latin inodiāre to cause aversion, from Latin phrase mihi in odiō est … I dislike …; cf. in-2, odium, ennui, noisome; (noun) Middle English a(n)noi, ennoi < Anglo-French, Old French a(n)nui, etc., derivative of the v.
ANTONYMS FOR annoy
1. comfort, calm, soothe.
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Related formsan·noy·er, nounhalf-an·noyed, adjectiveun·an·noyed, adjective
Can be confusedaggravate annoy irritate

Synonym study

1. See bother, worry.
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British Dictionary definitions for annoyed

annoy

verb

to irritate or displease
to harass with repeated attacks
Derived Formsannoyer, noun

Word Origin for annoy

C13: from Old French anoier, from Late Latin inodiāre to make hateful, from Latin in odiō (esse) (to be) hated, from odium hatred
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Word Origin and History for annoyed
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