ANNOYANCE

annoyance, annoying, irritation, vexation

(noun) the act of troubling or annoying someone

annoyance, bother, botheration, pain, infliction, pain in the neck, pain in the ass

(noun) something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness; “washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washer”; “a bit of a bother”; “he’s not a friend, he’s an infliction”

annoyance, chafe, vexation

(noun) anger produced by some annoying irritation

aggravator, annoyance

(noun) an unpleasant person who is annoying or exasperating

irritation, annoyance, vexation, botheration

(noun) the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

annoyance (countable and uncountable, plural annoyances)

(countable) That which annoys.

(countable) An act or instance of annoying.

(uncountable) The psychological state of being annoyed or irritated.

Synonyms

• nark

Source: Wiktionary

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An*noy"ance, n. Etym: [OF. anoiance, anuiance.]

1. The act of annoying, or the state of being annoyed; molestation; vexation; annoy. A deep clay, giving much annoyance to passengers. Fuller. For the further annoyance and terror of any besieged place, they would throw into it dead bodies. Wilkins.

2. That which annoys. A grain, a dust, a gnat, a wandering hair, Any annoyance in that precious sense. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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