What does annoying mean?

Definitions for annoying
əˈnɔɪ ɪŋan·noy·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. annoyance, annoying, irritation, vexationadjective

    the act of troubling or annoying someone

  2. annoying, bothersome, galling, irritating, nettlesome, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, plaguy, plaguey, teasing, vexatious, vexingadjective

    causing irritation or annoyance

    "tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork"; "aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport"; "found it galling to have to ask permission"; "an irritating delay"; "nettlesome paperwork"; "a pesky mosquito"; "swarms of pestering gnats"; "a plaguey newfangled safety catch"; "a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him"; "a vexatious child"; "it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong"

Wiktionary

  1. annoyingadjective

    Causing irritation or annoyance; troublesome; vexatious.

    Vandals are really annoying.

Wikipedia

  1. annoying

    Annoyance is an unpleasant mental state that is characterized by irritation and distraction from one's conscious thinking. It can lead to emotions such as frustration and anger. The property of being easily annoyed is called irritability.

ChatGPT

  1. annoying

    Annoying refers to something or someone that irritates, bothers or frustrates in a disturbing or unpleasant manner. It typically provokes discomfort, mild anger, or impatience due to repeated or persistent unpleasant behavior or circumstances. It can cover a wide variety of actions from minor disturbances to significant disruptions.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Annoying

    of Annoy

  2. Annoyingadjective

    that annoys; molesting; vexatious

British National Corpus

  1. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'annoying' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4297

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of annoying in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of annoying in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of annoying in a Sentence

  1. Alin Gragossian:

    I understand it's annoying, but at the same time, you don't know what it's like to be in the position where you're dying.

  2. Jesse Fox:

    It's all about me. It's putting me in the frame. I'm getting attention and when I post that to social media, I'm getting the confirmation that I need from other people that I'm awesome, you don't care about the tourist attraction you're destroying; you don't care about annoying people in your social media feed ... you're not even thinking about the consequences of your actions, so who cares if you're dangling off the side of the Eiffel Tower?

  3. Halfdan Wiik:

    You have to keep on annoying them, we have heard nice words before.

  4. Actress Jamie-Lynn Sigler:

    I can do them but they're not the easiest, when I walk, I have to think about every single step, which is annoying and frustrating.

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