annoying

annoying
    adj 1: causing irritation or annoyance; "tapping an annoying
           rhythm on his glass with his fork"; "aircraft noise is
           particularly bothersome near the airport"; "found it
           galling to have to ask permission"; "an irritating
           delay"; "nettlesome paperwork"; "a pesky mosquito";
           "swarms of pestering gnats"; "a plaguey newfangled safety
           catch"; "a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him";
           "a vexatious child"; "it is vexing to have to admit you
           are wrong" [syn: {annoying}, {bothersome}, {galling},
           {irritating}, {nettlesome}, {pesky}, {pestering},
           {pestiferous}, {plaguy}, {plaguey}, {teasing},
           {vexatious}, {vexing}]
    n 1: the act of troubling or annoying someone [syn: {annoyance},
         {annoying}, {irritation}, {vexation}]
    

Annoy \An*noy"\ ([a^]n*noi"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Annoyed}
   ([a^]n*noid"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Annoying}.] [OE. anoien,
   anuien, OF. anoier, anuier, F. ennuyer, fr. OF. anoi, anui,
   enui, annoyance, vexation, F. ennui. See {Annoy}, n.]
   To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated
   acts; to tease; to ruffle in mind; to vex; as, I was annoyed
   by his remarks.
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         Say, what can more our tortured souls annoy
         Than to behold, admire, and lose our joy? --Prior.
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   2. To molest, incommode, or harm; as, to annoy an army by
      impeding its march, or by a cannonade.
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   Syn: To molest; vex; trouble; pester; embarrass; perplex;
        tease.
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Annoying \An*noy"ing\, a.
   That annoys; molesting; vexatious. -- {An*noy"ing*ly}, adv.
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52 Moby Thesaurus words for "annoying":
      aggravating, aggravative, backbreaking, besetting, bothering,
      bothersome, burdensome, chafing, contentious, crushing,
      disquieting, distressful, distressing, disturbing, exasperating,
      exasperative, fretting, galling, grueling, harassing, heavy, hefty,
      importunate, importune, irking, irksome, irritating, onerous,
      oppressive, painful, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, pestilent,
      pestilential, plaguesome, plaguey, plaguing, provocative,
      provoking, teasing, tiresome, tormenting, troublesome, troubling,
      trying, upsetting, vexatious, vexing, wearisome, worrisome,
      worrying