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Annoying

//əˈnɔɪ.ɪŋ// adj, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Causing irritation or annoyance; troublesome; vexatious.

    "Having flies in your bedroom when you're trying to sleep is really annoying."

Adjective
  1. 1
    causing irritation or annoyance wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    That which annoys; an annoyance. rare

    "[…] 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."

  2. 2
    the act of troubling or annoying someone wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of annoy form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Etymology 1

From annoy + -ing.

Etymology 2

From annoy + -ing.

Etymology 3

From annoy + -ing.

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