annoying
adjectiveverbnouncommon in dialogue
- //əˈnɔɪ.ɪŋ//
Causing irritation or annoyance; troublesome; vexatious.
adjective
- 1
Causing irritation or annoyance; troublesome; vexatious.
Having flies in your bedroom when you're trying to sleep is really annoying.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-der. Proto-Italic *odjom Latin odium Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Late Latin inodiāre Old French enoiierbor. Middle English anoyen English annoy Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ynge English -ing English annoying From annoy + -ing.
verb
- 1
Also a form of annoypresent participle and gerund of annoy
noun
- 1
rareThat which annoys; an annoyance.
[…] they lose the true spirit of Christianity; and, while their heads are filled with clouds of mysticism, and the smoke of metaphysical nonsense, their hearts are filled with uncharitableness and bitter annoyings.
Forms
- plural
- annoyings
- comparative
- more annoying
- superlative
- most annoying
annoying · Causing irritation or annoyance; troublesome; vexatious.
annual · Happening once every year.Annual · A town in Oriental, Morocco.anomaly · A deviation from a rule or from what is regarded as normal;…