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to annoy someone
annoyIt annoys me that you're always late.
botherIt bothers me that you don't help with the washing up.
irritateAfter a while her behaviour really began to irritate me.
peeveWhat peeved her most was that he hadn't even called her.
bugHe's been bugging me all morning.
aggravateIt really aggravates me the way he never thanks me for what I've done.

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to make someone angry
angerIt angers me that governments never do anything to eradicate the problem.
infuriateIt infuriates me to hear of drug use in any sport.
make your blood boilIt still makes my blood boil to think of all the time we wasted on this
annoyHe asked her to move more quickly, which annoyed her.
irritateI'm the only one who talks to him, and that irritates me.
frustrateIt really frustrates me that I can't do things for myself.
I'm sure he says these things deliberately to annoy you.
It really annoys me when people push in front of me like that.
They were afraid to complain about the noise in case they annoyed the neighbours.
The film portrayed the artist as a complete drunk, which has annoyed a lot of people.
After a while her coughing really began to annoy me.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Causing feelings of anger and displeasure
aggravate
aggrieve
alienate
anger
annoyance
bend
go too faridiom
goat
grate
hack someone off
harass
nark
rub
rub someone up the wrong wayidiom
ruffle
ruffle someone's feathersidiom
set someone's teeth on edgeidiom
tit
tooth
troll

annoy | American Dictionary

annoy
verb[ T ]
us/əˈnɔɪ/
to make someone slightly angry or upset:
I know you’re doing this only to annoy me.

annoyance

noun[ C/U ]us/əˈnɔɪ·əns/
[ U ]As soon as he saw me, a look of annoyance crossed his face.

annoyed

adjectiveus/əˈnɔɪd/
He gave me an annoyed look and left without speaking.

annoying

adjectiveus/əˈnɔɪ·ɪŋ/
It’s annoying to have to explain this a second time.

annoyingly

adverbus/əˈnɔɪ·ɪŋ·li/
Ads annoyingly interrupted the TV movie.

Examples of annoy

annoy
Funding bodies have the annoying habit of wanting to know the methodology or methodologies that will be used in carrying out the proposed research.
By doing so, we will not only save computational time, we will also avoid annoying the user with irrelevant accentuations on 'partial' words.
This might be annoying in some rare circumstances.
The volume is well written and cogent, although it does contain a number of annoying typographical errors that the copy editors should have picked up.
They were then asked to say the following three words to measure their normal pitch ranges for computer voice-recognition purposes: annoyed, announced, annulled.
It would be annoying to automatically inherit a structure that does not fit.
For example, it is annoying that there has to be an explicit description for each memory element that is not affected by an operation.
As well as perpetuating powerful negative stereotypes, it clearly annoys older people themselves.
There are also some annoying omissions in the list of references.
The serious student of grammar, although likely to be annoyed by terminological discrepancies, will continue to learn from both.
The chatty, easy-going tone of the notes may annoy some but should amuse most.
If there is one annoying shortcoming of this book it is the result of the authors' search for balance.
A minor yet annoying point is the anglocentric perspective of this book.
The differences in language are exploited for their rich complexity, and not as annoying deviations from the norm.
It's a bit annoying having to look up the small print of the copyright notices in the front pages.
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