Annoy

/əˈnɔɪ/

Synonyms for "annoy" (338 found)

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Closest matches (68)

Verb(25 words)

bother irritate vex devil irk nark nettle rile aggravate aggravated aggravates antagonize bedevilboil someone's pissbotherate bothered bothers bug buggedburn up

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chafe chagrinedchap someone's hidecheese offcheesed

abrade afflictagent provocateuraggravate aggrieve agitate amplify anger arouse augment awake awaken badger baitbe atbedevil beleaguer beset blisteringblow the coals

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blow upbother bristlebrown offbugbuild upbullyragburn upcall forthcall upchafe chivy

Adjective(1 words)

aggravating

Noun(10 words)

annoyance bothering bugger buggers bugging bugs chafes chagrining chagrins crosses

Strong matches (101)

deepen deteriorate devil discomfit discompose displease distemper distress disturb dogdrive up the walldun embitter enhance enkindle enlarge enrage exacerbate exasperate excite

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exercise fanfan the firefan the flamefash fatigue fazefeed the firefire flame foment frenzy fret gall getget atgnaw gripe harass harry hassle heatheat upheckle hector heightenhot uphound huff impassion

Verb(38 words)

disgruntle disgruntles displease displeased displeases disturbs exasperate exasperates frustrate frustrates galled getget atget on someone's nervesget on someone's titsget on someone's wickget someone's back upget someone's dander upget someone's goatget someone's irish up

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get someone's nannyget someone's nanny-goatget toget under one's goatget under someone's skinget upgive someone the shitsgrate grated gravelgrind one's gearsgrotchhack offharassharsh one's mellowhassle humpidioms:

Noun(9 words)

disgruntling fray gadflies galls grates grating hackle hassel horseflies

Adjective(4 words)

displeasing exasperated frustrating galling

Related words (169)

incense incite inconvenience increase inflame infuriate intensify irk irritatekey upkindlelather uplight the fuselight upmadden magnifymake acutemake worsemiff molest

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move nag needle nettle nudzh offend overexcite peeve persecute perturb pester pickpick onpique plaguepluck the beardpother prod provokeput outrankle rasp ride rile roil rouse rub ruffleset astirset fire toset on fireset upsharpen sour spitesteam upstirstir the bloodstir the embersstir the feelingsstir upsummon uptantalize taunt tease tire torment trouble trytry the patienceturn ontweak the noseupset vex wakewake upwaken warmwarm the bloodwhip upwork intowork upworry worsen

Verb(52 words)

irked irks irritates jangled jazz miffing molest molests mommick nerve nettled niggledpee offpeeve peeved persecute perturb pique piquedpiss off

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pisses provokeput someone's back upragraise someone's hacklesrankle rankled ranklingrile upriled riles roilrub someone the wrong wayrub up the wrong wayrubbed ruffleruffle someone's feathersruffled spited spiting sting stormtee offtest someone's patiencetick offtickedtorque offtroubletry one's patiencevexes vexingwind up

Noun(26 words)

irking jangle jangles miffs molesting narked narking narks nettles nettling peeves peeving pestering piquing provoking rasp riling rubs ruffling snit

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snits spitestate of tumulttick troubles vexer

Adjective(7 words)

irritated irritating maddening miffed pissed troubled vexed

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

3 entries

bother displeaseemotional impact

More specific

4 entries

bug harass nag pester

Collocations

5 entries

annoying habitannoying noiselevel of annoyanceminor annoyancesource of annoyance

Inflections

3 entries

annoyed annoying annoys

Derivations

3 entries

annoyance annoying annoyingly

similar

1 entries

chafe

Sample sentences

21 total sentences available.

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Muiriel likes to annoy me lately.

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Those impossible suggestions just annoy me.

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He made mistakes on purpose to annoy me.

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I didn't say a word for fear I should annoy him.

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