To our great annoyance, he barged in on our party.
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Annoyance
//əˈnɔɪ.əns//
Synonyms for "annoyance" (165 found)
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Closest matches (33)
Strong matches (50)
Related words (82)
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3 entriesTranslations
96 translations across 36 languages.
Ancient Greek
4 entries- ἀχθηδών noun (that which annoys and causes a status of annoyance)
- ὄχλησις noun (the psychological state of being annoyed or irritated)
- ὄχλησις noun (an act or instance of annoying)
- ὄχλησις noun (that which annoys and causes a status of annoyance)
Arabic
1 entries- إِزْعَاج noun (that which annoys and causes a status of annoyance)
Bengali
1 entries- জ্বালাতন noun (that which annoys and causes a status of annoyance)
Bulgarian
4 entries- доса́да noun (that which annoys and causes a status of annoyance)
- дразне́не noun (an act or instance of annoying)
- закачане noun (an act or instance of annoying)
- раздразне́ние noun (the psychological state of being annoyed or irritated)
Catalan
1 entries- molèstia noun (that which annoys and causes a status of annoyance)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 煩惱 /烦恼 noun (that which annoys and causes a status of annoyance)
Czech
3 entries- rozmrzelost noun (the psychological state of being annoyed or irritated)
- zloba noun (the psychological state of being annoyed or irritated)
- zlost noun (the psychological state of being annoyed or irritated)
Danish
3 entries- irritation noun (the psychological state of being annoyed or irritated)
- irritationsmoment noun (that which annoys and causes a status of annoyance)
- irriterende handling noun (an act or instance of annoying)
Dutch
1 entries- ergernis noun (that which annoys and causes a status of annoyance)
East Central German
1 entries- Aarchr noun (the psychological state of being annoyed or irritated)
Esperanto
2 entries- agacaĵo noun (that which annoys and causes a status of annoyance)
- malagrablaĵo noun (that which annoys and causes a status of annoyance)
Finnish
4 entries- harmitus noun (the psychological state of being annoyed or irritated)
- keljutus noun (the psychological state of being annoyed or irritated)
- kenkutus noun (the psychological state of being annoyed or irritated)
- kiusa noun (that which annoys and causes a status of annoyance)
French
3 entries- ennui noun (the psychological state of being annoyed or irritated)
- ennui noun (that which annoys and causes a status of annoyance)
- nuisance noun (that which annoys and causes a status of annoyance)
German
4 entries- Verdruss noun (the psychological state of being annoyed or irritated)
- Verärgerung noun (the psychological state of being annoyed or irritated)
- Ärger noun (an act or instance of annoying)
- Ärger noun (that which annoys and causes a status of annoyance)
Greek
3 entries- ενόχληση noun (the psychological state of being annoyed or irritated)
- ενόχληση noun (an act or instance of annoying)
- ενόχληση noun (that which annoys and causes a status of annoyance)
Hebrew
1 entries- הֲצָקָה noun (an act or instance of annoying)
Hungarian
1 entries- bosszúság noun (that which annoys and causes a status of annoyance)
Interlingua
1 entries- enoio noun (the psychological state of being annoyed or irritated)
Italian
4 entries- annoiamento noun (an act or instance of annoying)
- annoiatura noun (that which annoys and causes a status of annoyance)
- disturbo noun (the psychological state of being annoyed or irritated)
- fastidio noun (the psychological state of being annoyed or irritated)
Japanese
1 entries- 迷惑 noun (that which annoys and causes a status of annoyance)
Kabuverdianu
1 entries- ingisu noun (that which annoys and causes a status of annoyance)
Latin
4 entries- molestia noun (the psychological state of being annoyed or irritated)
- molestia noun (an act or instance of annoying)
- molestia noun (that which annoys and causes a status of annoyance)
- vexātiō noun (an act or instance of annoying)
Malayalam
2 entries- ശല്യം noun (an act or instance of annoying)
- ശല്യം noun (that which annoys and causes a status of annoyance)
Middle English
3 entries- anoyaunce noun (an act or instance of annoying)
- vexacioun noun (the psychological state of being annoyed or irritated)
- vexacioun noun (that which annoys and causes a status of annoyance)
Māori
2 entries- kūrakuraku noun (that which annoys and causes a status of annoyance)
- whanowhanoā noun (the psychological state of being annoyed or irritated)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- irritasjon noun (that which annoys and causes a status of annoyance)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- irritasjon noun (that which annoys and causes a status of annoyance)
Plautdietsch
2 entries- Ploag noun (that which annoys and causes a status of annoyance)
- Spiet noun (the psychological state of being annoyed or irritated)
Polish
4 entries- denerwowanie noun (an act or instance of annoying)
- wnerwianie noun (an act or instance of annoying)
- wnerwienie noun (the psychological state of being annoyed or irritated)
- zdenerwowanie noun (the psychological state of being annoyed or irritated)
Portuguese
4 entries- irritação noun (the psychological state of being annoyed or irritated)
- irritação noun (an act or instance of annoying)
- irritação noun (that which annoys and causes a status of annoyance)
- pedra no sapato noun (that which annoys and causes a status of annoyance)
Romanian
1 entries- enervare noun (the psychological state of being annoyed or irritated)
Russian
4 entries- доса́да noun (that which annoys and causes a status of annoyance)
- надоеда́ние noun (an act or instance of annoying)
- неприя́тность noun (that which annoys and causes a status of annoyance)
- ньюснс noun (that which annoys and causes a status of annoyance)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- razdraženost noun (the psychological state of being annoyed or irritated)
Spanish
4 entries- disgusto noun (that which annoys and causes a status of annoyance)
- enojo noun (the psychological state of being annoyed or irritated)
- fastidio noun (an act or instance of annoying)
- irritación noun (the psychological state of being annoyed or irritated)
Swahili
1 entries- kero noun (an act or instance of annoying)
Swedish
2 entries- irritation noun (the psychological state of being annoyed or irritated)
- irritationsmoment noun (that which annoys and causes a status of annoyance)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
He answered with a look of annoyance.
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Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.
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He utters an exclamation of annoyance.
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