Muiriel likes to annoy me lately.
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Annoy
//əˈnɔɪ//
Synonyms for "annoy" (276 found)
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Closest matches (56)
Strong matches (82)
Verb(39 words)
burn upchafechap someone's hidecheese offcrippledamagedamnifyderedisgruntledo damage todo fordo illdo violence toexasperateforworkfrustrategetget a rise out ofget atget on someone's nerves
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get on someone's titsget on someone's wickget someone's back upget someone's dander upget someone's goatget someone's irish upget someone's nannyget someone's nanny-goatget toget under one's goatget under someone's goatget under someone's skinget upgive someone the shitsgrategravelgrievegrind one's gearsgrotch
Related words (138)
Verb(48 words)
hack offharmharrowharsh one's mellowhasslehumphurtidioms:injureirkjazzmaulmisdomolestmommicknervepee offpeevepersecutepique
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piss offprovokeput someone in hospitalput someone's back upragraise someone's hacklesranklerile uproilrub someone the wrong wayrub up the wrong wayruffleruffle someone's feathersscaithscathestingstormtee offtest someone's patiencetick offtorque offtroubletry one's patiencevulneratewetwind upwoundwring
harassharryhassleheatheat upheckleheightenhot uphoundhuffimpassionincenseinciteincommodeinconvenienceincreaseinfestinflameinfuriateintensify
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key upkindlelather uplight the fuselight upmaddenmagnifymake acutemake worsemiffmovenagneedlenettlenudzhoffendoverexcitepainpeevepersecuteperturbpickpick onpiquepluck the beardpotherprodprovokeput outrankleraspriderileroilrouserubruffleset astirset fire toset on fireset upsharpensourspitesteam upstirstir the bloodstir the embersstir the feelingsstir upsummon uptantalizetaunttiretormenttrytry the patienceturn ontweak the noseupsetwakewake upwakenwarmwarm the bloodwhip upwork intowork upworsenwound
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1 entriesTranslations
180 translations across 59 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- σκύλλω verb (to disturb or irritate)
Arabic
1 entries- أَزْعَجَ verb (to disturb or irritate)
Basque
2 entries- gogait eragin verb (to disturb or irritate)
- zirikatu verb (to disturb or irritate)
Bengali
3 entries- জ্বালাতন করা verb (to disturb or irritate)
- জ্বালাতন করা verb (to do something to upset or anger someone)
- সাতানো verb (to disturb or irritate)
Bulgarian
4 entries- безпоко́я verb (to disturb or irritate)
- безпокоя verb (to molest; to harm; to injure)
- досаждам verb (to do something to upset or anger someone)
- дразня́ verb (to disturb or irritate)
Catalan
1 entries- molestar verb (to disturb or irritate)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎠᏕᏯᏙᏗᎭ verb (to disturb or irritate)
Chichonyi-Chidzihana-Chikauma
4 entries- chokozaa verb (to do something to upset or anger someone)
- lumiza verb (to molest; to harm; to injure)
- sinya verb (to disturb or irritate)
- yuga verb (to do something to upset or anger someone)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 攪擾 /搅扰 verb (to disturb or irritate)
- 煩擾 /烦扰 verb (to disturb or irritate)
Czech
2 entries- obtěžovat verb (to disturb or irritate)
- rušit verb (to disturb or irritate)
Danish
2 entries- forstyrre verb (to disturb or irritate)
- irritere verb (to disturb or irritate)
Dutch
2 entries- ergeren verb (to disturb or irritate)
- vervelen verb (to disturb or irritate)
East Central German
1 entries- aarchrn verb (to disturb or irritate)
Esperanto
4 entries- agaci verb (to disturb or irritate)
- kolerigi verb (to do something to upset or anger someone)
- malamuzi verb (to disturb or irritate)
- tedi verb (to disturb or irritate)
Ewe
1 entries- do dziku verb (to disturb or irritate)
Finnish
4 entries- ärtymys noun (feeling of discomfort or vexation caused by what one dislikes)
- kiusata verb (to disturb or irritate)
- ärsyttää verb (to disturb or irritate)
- ärsyttää verb (to do something to upset or anger someone)
French
4 entries- ennui noun (feeling of discomfort or vexation caused by what one dislikes)
- agacer verb (to disturb or irritate)
- asticoter verb (to disturb or irritate)
- embêter verb (to disturb or irritate)
Galician
4 entries- aborrecer verb (to do something to upset or anger someone)
- anoxar verb (to disturb or irritate)
- anoxar verb (to do something to upset or anger someone)
- enfadar verb (to disturb or irritate)
Georgian
4 entries- გაღიზიანება verb (to do something to upset or anger someone)
- გულის გაწყალება verb (to disturb or irritate)
- თავის მობეზრება verb (to disturb or irritate)
- შეწუხება verb (to do something to upset or anger someone)
German
4 entries- belästigen verb (to molest; to harm; to injure)
- molestieren verb (to molest; to harm; to injure)
- nerven verb (to disturb or irritate)
- nerven verb (to do something to upset or anger someone)
Greek
4 entries- ενόχληση noun (feeling of discomfort or vexation caused by what one dislikes)
- ενοχλώ verb (to disturb or irritate)
- ενοχλώ verb (to molest; to harm; to injure)
- νευριάζω verb (to do something to upset or anger someone)
Hebrew
1 entries- הֵצִיק verb (to disturb or irritate)
Hindi
1 entries- चिढ़ाना verb (to disturb or irritate)
Hungarian
4 entries- bosszant verb (to disturb or irritate)
- bosszant verb (to do something to upset or anger someone)
- idegesít verb (to do something to upset or anger someone)
- zaklat verb (to disturb or irritate)
Icelandic
1 entries- trufla verb (to disturb or irritate)
Ido
1 entries- jenar verb (to disturb or irritate)
Indonesian
4 entries- melecehkan verb (to molest; to harm; to injure)
- mengesalkan verb (to do something to upset or anger someone)
- mengganggu verb (to disturb or irritate)
- menyakat verb (to do something to upset or anger someone)
Interlingua
1 entries- enoio noun (feeling of discomfort or vexation caused by what one dislikes)
Irish
2 entries- cráigh verb (to disturb or irritate)
- cuir isteach ar verb (to disturb or irritate)
Italian
4 entries- noia noun (feeling of discomfort or vexation caused by what one dislikes)
- disturbare verb (to disturb or irritate)
- importunare verb (to disturb or irritate)
- infastidire verb (to disturb or irritate)
Japanese
4 entries- いらいらさせる verb (to disturb or irritate)
- 煩わす verb (to disturb or irritate)
- 苦しめる verb (to disturb or irritate)
- 騒がす verb (to disturb or irritate)
Kannada
1 entries- ಕಾಡು verb (to disturb or irritate)
Khmer
2 entries- ឌុដាន់ verb (to disturb or irritate)
- ធ្វើឲ្យខ្វល់ verb (to disturb or irritate)
Latin
2 entries- vexō verb (to disturb or irritate)
- vexō verb (to do something to upset or anger someone)
Lingala
1 entries- lemwa verb (to disturb or irritate)
Lithuanian
2 entries- dirginti verb (to do something to upset or anger someone)
- erzinti verb (to disturb or irritate)
Malayalam
1 entries- ശല്യപ്പെടുത്തുക verb (to disturb or irritate)
Middle English
4 entries- anoyen verb (to disturb or irritate)
- anoyen verb (to do something to upset or anger someone)
- anoyen verb (to molest; to harm; to injure)
- noyen verb (to disturb or irritate)
Mongo
1 entries- lemwa verb (to disturb or irritate)
Māori
4 entries- hakuhaku verb (to disturb or irritate)
- kaiawherangi verb (to disturb or irritate)
- mukākā verb (to disturb or irritate)
- māreherehe verb (to disturb or irritate)
Occitan
1 entries- molestar verb (to disturb or irritate)
Old English
4 entries- dreċċan verb (to disturb or irritate)
- dreċċan verb (to do something to upset or anger someone)
- gremman verb (to disturb or irritate)
- gremman verb (to do something to upset or anger someone)
Polish
1 entries- irytować verb (to disturb or irritate)
Portuguese
2 entries- aborrecer verb (to do something to upset or anger someone)
- irritar verb (to disturb or irritate)
Quechua
1 entries- phiñay verb (to disturb or irritate)
Romanian
4 entries- deranja verb (to disturb or irritate)
- enerva verb (to disturb or irritate)
- irita verb (to disturb or irritate)
- sâcâi verb (to disturb or irritate)
Russian
4 entries- беспоко́ить verb (to disturb or irritate)
- докуча́ть verb (to disturb or irritate)
- досажда́ть verb (to disturb or irritate)
- надое́сть verb (to disturb or irritate)
Sanskrit
1 entries- बाधति verb (to disturb or irritate)
Scottish Gaelic
4 entries- buair verb (to disturb or irritate)
- buair verb (to do something to upset or anger someone)
- cuir dragh air verb (to disturb or irritate)
- cuir dragh air verb (to do something to upset or anger someone)
Sicilian
4 entries- ncuitari verb (to molest; to harm; to injure)
- rùmpiri verb (to do something to upset or anger someone)
- scassari i cabbasisi verb (to do something to upset or anger someone)
- scummàttiri verb (to molest; to harm; to injure)
Spanish
4 entries- enojo noun (feeling of discomfort or vexation caused by what one dislikes)
- agobiar verb (to disturb or irritate)
- crispar verb (to disturb or irritate)
- enchilar verb (to disturb or irritate)
Swedish
3 entries- irritera verb (to disturb or irritate)
- reta verb (to disturb or irritate)
- störa verb (to disturb or irritate)
Tagalog
2 entries- galitin verb (to disturb or irritate)
- galitin verb (to do something to upset or anger someone)
Thai
1 entries- รำคาญ verb (to disturb or irritate)
Ukrainian
1 entries- дратувати verb (to do something to upset or anger someone)
Urdu
3 entries- تَنْگ کَرْنا verb (to disturb or irritate)
- سَتانا verb (to disturb or irritate)
- چھیڑْنا verb (to disturb or irritate)
Uzbek
2 entries- achchiqlanirmoq noun (feeling of discomfort or vexation caused by what one dislikes)
- jonga tegmoq verb (to disturb or irritate)
Vietnamese
2 entries- làm phiền verb (to disturb or irritate)
- quấy rầy verb (to disturb or irritate)
Welsh
1 entries- plagio verb (to disturb or irritate)
Sample sentences
21 total sentences available.
Those impossible suggestions just annoy me.
Source: tatoeba (62382)
He made mistakes on purpose to annoy me.
Source: tatoeba (298134)
I didn't say a word for fear I should annoy him.
Source: tatoeba (307904)
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