: causing vexation or irritation : causing annoyance : irritating
an annoying habit
annoying questions
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my partner has the annoying habit of eating all the pickles and leaving a jar full of pickle juice in the refrigerator
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CenturyLink hasn't broken its annoying habit of leaving customers without service for weeks or months and repeatedly failing to show up for repair appointments.
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Ars Technica, 10 Feb. 2025
These evergreen monocultures, originally planted as lumber during the country’s postwar building boom, cause annoying seasonal allergies and dangerous erosion that leads to mudslides.
—Hannah Kirshner, The Atlantic, 8 Feb. 2025
How this small but annoying quirk came to be — and how to fix it
There might be several reasons why bar culture has tipped in a way that makes a bartender feel like an old grump yelling at children to get off his lawn.
—Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 7 Feb. 2025
Especially in the first two half-hours, the comedy is a race to the bottom regarding which character is going to be the most annoying.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Feb. 2025
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Ars Technica, 10 Feb. 2025
These evergreen monocultures, originally planted as lumber during the country’s postwar building boom, cause annoying seasonal allergies and dangerous erosion that leads to mudslides.
—Hannah Kirshner, The Atlantic, 8 Feb. 2025
How this small but annoying quirk came to be — and how to fix it
There might be several reasons why bar culture has tipped in a way that makes a bartender feel like an old grump yelling at children to get off his lawn.
—Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 7 Feb. 2025
Especially in the first two half-hours, the comedy is a race to the bottom regarding which character is going to be the most annoying.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Feb. 2025
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“Annoying.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/annoying. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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