annoy
verb (used with object)
to disturb or bother (a person) in a way that displeases, troubles, or slightly irritates.
half-annoyed
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a word derived from
annoy.
Example Sentences
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Rhoda raised her eyebrows, feeling half-annoyed at his freedom, half amused.
From The Vicar's People by George Manville Fenn
They startled him and, staring at them, he stopped for an instant, half-amused, half-annoyed at their being still in existence.
From Sir Dominick Ferrand by Henry James
"I'll explain it to you later, dear!" she said, half-annoyed and half-pleading.
From Harriet and the Piper by Kathleen Thompson Norris
How well he could imagine the half-annoyed, half-contemptuous smile which would rise to her beautiful face, if he were so foolish as to become sentimental with her!
From The Unclassed by George Gissing
He waited a moment, half-startled, half-annoyed at their intrusion, then groped his way after them, eventually stumbling out of the tunnel's mouth.
From Cleo The Magnificent Or, the Muse of the Real by Louis Zangwill
