Annoying

/əˈnɔɪ.ɪŋ/

Synonyms for "annoying" (105 found)

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Closest matches (21)

Adjective(5 words)

bothersome irritating vexing bother darned

aggravating aggravative backbreaking besetting bitter bothering bothersome burdensome chafing contentious crushing disagreeable

Noun(2 words)

annoyance bugging

Verb(2 words)

blasted confounded

Strong matches (32)

Noun(6 words)

disgruntling doggonedereye irritationgrating irritant irritation

displeasing disquieting distressful distressing disturbing exasperating exasperative fretting galling grating grueling harassing heavy hefty importunate importune irking irksome irritating

Adjective(7 words)

doggoned frustrating galling inconvenient infuriating irksome irritate

Related words (52)

mischievous mischievousness nasty niggling onerous oppressive painful pesky pestering pestiferous pestilent pestilential plaguesome plaguey plaguing prickly provocative provoking teasing tiresome

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tormenting troublesome troubling trying untoward upsetting vexatious vexing wearisome worrisome worrying

Adjective(15 words)

nag nettlesome nuising peskier peskiest pesky pester pestering pestiferous plaguey plaguy teasing troublesome unpleasant vexatious

Noun(5 words)

nettling peeving piquing riling vexation

Verb(1 words)

rankling

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

6 entries

adjectiveemotional responseevaluative termmistreatmentnegative attributenegative reaction

More specific

16 entries

annoying behaviorannoying habitannoying noiseannoying questionbothersome featurecontinuous interferencehassleirksome traitlingering annoyancenagnagging issuepester ranklerecurrent disruptionrecurring nuisancevexing problem

Collocations

8 entries

annoying behaviorannoying delayannoying featureannoying habitannoying interruptionannoying noiseannoying personannoying question

Inflections

4 entries

annoyed annoysmore annoyingmost annoying

Derivations

3 entries

annoy annoyance annoyingly

similar

1 entries

disagreeable

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

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My parents keep arguing about stupid things. It's so annoying!

Source: tatoeba (1683)

My friends always say I'm too calm, but my family always says I'm too annoying.

Source: tatoeba (1685)

So annoying... Now I get a headache whenever I use the computer!

Source: tatoeba (1687)

While eating a pizza he was annoying his sister.

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