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Annoy

//əˈnɔɪ// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A feeling of discomfort or vexation caused by what one dislikes. archaic, literary

    "VVe that ſuffer long anoy / Are contented vvith a thought / Through an idle fancie vvrought / O let my ioyes have ſome abiding."

  2. 2
    That which causes such a feeling. archaic, literary

    "Sleepe in Peace, and wake in Ioy, / Good Angels guard thee from the Boares annoy […]"

Verb
  1. 1
    To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to bother with unpleasant deeds. transitive

    "Marc loved his sister, but when she annoyed him he wanted to switch her off."

  2. 2
    cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations wordnet
  3. 3
    To do something to upset or anger someone; to be troublesome. intransitive
  4. 4
    To molest; to harm; to injure. archaic, transitive

    "to annoy an army by impeding its march, or by a cannonade"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English anoyen, from Old French anoier (“to bother, disturb”), from Late Latin inodiāre (“to make loathsome”), derived from Latin odium (“loathing, hatred”). Displaced native Old English dreċċan, gremman.

Etymology 2

From Middle English anoy, from Old French enui. Doublet of ennui.

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