as in frustrating
causing annoyance
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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Antonyms & Near Antonyms
as in irritating
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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Antonyms & Near Antonyms
Try This Instead
Try This InsteadFor
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an annoying habit
an annoying thing
an annoying voice
annoying noise
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Recent Examples of annoying
Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Mar. 2025
For my tastes, the default settings for both SDR and HDR input added an annoying digital video effect—making filmed material look like live video.
—PCMAG, 12 Mar. 2025
That will be almost exactly two years since season 2 aired on July 13, 2023, continuing the annoying, baffling trend of streaming series, even non-VFX laden expensive productions, taking 1.5-2+ year gaps in between seasons.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
But unexpected allies and converts to the team’s cause appear, too: passengers awaiting a flight to Kabul, an American technology reporter, maybe even that annoying bakery owner.
—Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 7 Mar. 2025
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Adjective
The characters are near strangers, tossed together by weird and annoying circumstances.
—Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Mar. 2025
For my tastes, the default settings for both SDR and HDR input added an annoying digital video effect—making filmed material look like live video.
—PCMAG, 12 Mar. 2025
That will be almost exactly two years since season 2 aired on July 13, 2023, continuing the annoying, baffling trend of streaming series, even non-VFX laden expensive productions, taking 1.5-2+ year gaps in between seasons.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
But unexpected allies and converts to the team’s cause appear, too: passengers awaiting a flight to Kabul, an American technology reporter, maybe even that annoying bakery owner.
—Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 7 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for annoying
Adjective
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For Embiid, this is another frustrating chapter in an otherwise brilliant but injury-plagued career.—
Jesse Pines,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025
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Very few severe crashes in Sacramento are followed by an arrest, and several survivors of crashes have previously said that soft or nonexistent charges were frustrating and demeaning.—
Ariane Lange,
Sacramento Bee,
11 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Cover irritating clothing seams with a smooth material such as silk to avoid abrasive irritation.—
Anna Giorgi,
Verywell Health,
5 Jan. 2025
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At Abercrombie & Fitch Packed with conditioning and hydrating castor oil, argan oil & coconut oil, this eyelash & brow growth serum will help promote the appearance of longer, fuller looking lashes and brows without the use of irritating or harmful ingredients.—
refinery29.com,
refinery29.com,
4 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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While no human-affecting viruses have been revived yet, the fact that ancient microbes can persist in a viable state raises a disturbing possibility: what else is hidden in the deep freeze, waiting to wake up?—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
16 Mar. 2025
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The possibility of losing Miami Beach's only art house cinema is disturbing to Tabsch, a filmmaker whose 2018 documentary The Last Resort, was about Miami Beach's Jewish community in the 1970s.—
Mandalit del Barco,
NPR,
15 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Rodin Cars The big idea behind Rodin is to build cars without bothering about vehicle regulations – in stark contrast to F1 cars, which are subject to several rules around how they're put together.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
2 Jan. 2025
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The city and state have also been ramping up efforts to engage troubled vagrants sleeping and sometimes bothering straphangers, connecting them with services and shelter and potentially involuntary treatment.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
27 Dec. 2024
Verb
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The International Monetary Fund cited a number of contributing factors that led to a global cost-of-living crisis in its annual report last year, including the pandemic and climate change, which disrupted food and supply chains, in addition to geopolitical conflict’s aggravating the problems.—
Doha Madani,
NBC News,
18 Dec. 2024
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But he was sidelined with a groin injury late in training camp and apparently returned too soon, aggravating the injury in Week 2 and then being held out until Week 9.—
Phil Rogers,
Forbes,
13 Dec. 2024
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“Annoying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/annoying. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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