as in irritated
subjected to and reacting with irritation
I was extremely annoyed when she changed her mind for the third time
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as in bothered
to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts
deliberately annoyed the elderly neighbor by walking across his lawn
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Recent Examples of annoyed
Tim Neville, Outside Online, 3 Dec. 2024
Sheridan didn’t want Costner to have control over the scripts and seems annoyed that Costner essentially abandoned Yellowstone for his own project.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2024
Noel Murray, Vulture, 12 Dec. 2024
You’re annoyed by it all, until the next horde of patrons do the same.
—Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 10 Dec. 2024
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Adjective
In July, an annoyed mob roamed Barcelona’s boulevards dousing visitors with squirt guns.
—Tim Neville, Outside Online, 3 Dec. 2024
Sheridan didn’t want Costner to have control over the scripts and seems annoyed that Costner essentially abandoned Yellowstone for his own project.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2024
Verb
But the judge also rules against Jacobson-Moore because she’s annoyed by Matlock being Matlock.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 12 Dec. 2024
You’re annoyed by it all, until the next horde of patrons do the same.
—Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 10 Dec. 2024
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Flying can take a toll, leaving skin feeling parched, dull, and irritated.Sara Button, AFAR Media, 19 Dec. 2024
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One of the most prominent symptoms in infected farm workers has been red, irritated eyes, or conjunctivitis.Brenda Goodman, CNN, 19 Dec. 2024
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In fact, if you can’t be bothered even to reach for the remote to select this new button, the latest firmware update will also automatically start playing the next episode after a countdown.John Archer, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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The technology behind an LLM is sufficiently advanced because the people using it have not bothered to understand it.Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 23 Dec. 2024
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There’s comic mileage in Gromit’s expressive eyes – ranging from exasperated to determined – as the heroic dog endeavors to save the day.Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Dec. 2024
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Candidates running on a platform of normalcy, of maintaining the status quo with a couple of careful tweaks, only prompt exasperated eye rolls from a decisive chunk of the American electorate.Dan Perry, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
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Playing shorthanded against one of the best defenses the Vols have faced all season did not help the visitors’ upset chances.David Ubben, The Athletic, 22 Dec. 2024
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New Mom Gives Birth, Only To Learn What Family Did With Baby By Jack Beresford Senior Life and Trends Reporter 10 A woman whose daughter was born via cesarean section has opened up about the one thing that left her upset following the birth.Gord Magill, Newsweek, 22 Dec. 2024
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When customers are angry, representatives by nature are likely to get defensive.Tomas Gorny, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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Watching his massive bank of video screens with the angry mob clashing with the Raiders, there seems to be more than a hint of veracity to that intriguing statement.Jeff Spry, Space.com, 23 Dec. 2024
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Williams, who aggravated the injury during the Week 11 loss to the Seahawks, hasn't been able to return to practice, and with two years remaining on his contract, his absence has left a significant gap in the 49ers' offense.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
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The venue, which resembled an old and abandoned warehouse is notorious for problematic audio reflections which aggravated the issue.Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
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“Annoyed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/annoyed. Accessed 4 Jan. 2025.
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