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annoyance

/əˈnɔɪ.əns/noun3 syllables

Annoyance means: something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness.

Synonyms for annoyance16

noun, as in something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness

bother, botheration, pain, infliction, pain in the neck, pain in the ass, nuisance

noun, as in the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed

irritation, vexation, botheration

noun, as in the act of troubling or annoying someone

annoying, irritation, vexation

noun, as in anger produced by some annoying irritation

chafe, vexation

noun, as in an unpleasant person who is annoying or exasperating

aggravator

also used for annoyance

nark, Boy, exasperation, frustration

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What does annoyance mean?5

noun

1

something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness“a bit of a bother”

2

the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed

3

the act of troubling or annoying someone

4

anger produced by some annoying irritation

5

an unpleasant person who is annoying or exasperating

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Annoyance in a sentence

  • To our great annoyance, he barged in on our party.AlanF_US
  • Focus on the bigger picture and ignore this minor annoyance.Nuel
  • It will become an annoyance sooner or later.meshbags
  • He showed some annoyance at the interruption of lunch.felidad
  • She showed some annoyance at not being able to be convincing.Nuel
  • I'm tired of being treated like an annoyance.Amastan
  • Weddings are a source of annoyance for him.Nuel
  • Free yourself from sadness, annoyance and fear!AlanF_US

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of annoyance

as a noun

plural
annoyances