The meaning of Annoy

noun

A strong feeling of annoyance, displeasure, or hostility.

Usage examples:

The colonel's anger at his daughter's disobedience

verb

Fill (someone) with anger; provoke anger in.

Usage examples:

She was angered by his terse answer

noun

The feeling people get when something unfair, painful, or bad happens

Usage examples:

You need to control your anger., he yelled at them in anger., his constant complaining only angered…

verb

Cause (someone) to become hostile.

Usage examples:

The aim was to antagonize visiting supporters

verb

To anger someone enough to dislike and oppose you

Usage examples:

The company doesn’t want to antagonize one of its biggest oil suppliers.

verb

Make (someone) feel annoyed or dissatisfied.

Usage examples:

The tone of the letter displeased him

verb

To cause someone to be annoyed

Usage examples:

The city council said it was displeased with the way the mayor had allocated parking spaces., they …

verb

Irritate and frustrate (someone) intensely.

Usage examples:

This futile process exasperates prison officers

verb

To cause anger or extreme annoyance in someone

Usage examples:

His assistant’s carelessness is exasperating him.

noun

Bold and impudent behaviour.

Usage examples:

The bank had the gall to demand a fee

verb

Make (someone) feel annoyed or resentful.

Usage examples:

It galled him to have to sit impotently in silence

noun

An abnormal growth formed in response to the presence of insect larvae, mites, or fungi on plants and trees, especially oaks.

Usage examples:

A single grub feeds on its gall for two years before emerging

verb

Irritate; annoy.

Usage examples:

It irks her to think of the runaround she received

verb

Make (someone) annoyed or a little angry.

Usage examples:

His tone irritated her

verb

To annoy or make angry

Usage examples:

After a while the noise began to irritate him., at first my contact lenses irritated my eyes.

noun

A feeling of irritation or resentment resulting from a slight, especially to one's pride.

Usage examples:

He left in a fit of pique

verb

Arouse (interest or curiosity).

Usage examples:

With his scientific curiosity piqued, he was looking forward to being able to analyse his find

verb

Score a pique against (one's opponent).

idiom

To annoy someone without intending to

Usage examples:

As soon as they met they started to rub each other up the wrong way.

verb

Disorder or disarrange (someone's hair), typically by running one's hands through it.

Usage examples:

The father laughs and jovially ruffles his son's hair

noun

A strip of lace or other material, gathered along one edge to make an ornamental frill on a garment or other piece of fabric.

Usage examples:

The garment is often trimmed with lace, ruffles, bows and ribbons, optionally with spaghetti straps.

verb

To make someone upset or nervous or reduce someone’s confidence

Usage examples:

[ t ] it ruffled her composure, and she did not know how to respond., a sudden, strong breeze ruffl…

verb

Make (someone) feel annoyed, frustrated, or worried, especially with trivial matters.

Usage examples:

The memory of the conversation still vexed him

adjective

Angry; annoyed.

Usage examples:

I ain't vex with you

verb

To cause someone to feel annoyance or trouble

Usage examples:

The question that vexes ben the most is, "why me?", rising gas prices are a vexing problem.