4 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Annoy \An*noy"\ ([a^]n*noi"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Annoyed} ([a^]n*noid"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Annoying}.] [OE. anoien, anuien, OF. anoier, anuier, F. ennuyer, fr. OF. anoi, anui, enui, annoyance, vexation, F. ennui. See {Annoy}, n.] To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to tease; to ruffle in mind; to vex; as, I was annoyed by his remarks. [1913 Webster] Say, what can more our tortured souls annoy Than to behold, admire, and lose our joy? --Prior. [1913 Webster] 2. To molest, incommode, or harm; as, to annoy an army by impeding its march, or by a cannonade. [1913 Webster] Syn: To molest; vex; trouble; pester; embarrass; perplex; tease. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: annoyed \annoyed\ adj. 1. 1 aroused to impatience or anger; as, feeling annoyed by the constant teasing. Syn: irritated, nettled, peeved, pissed, stung. [WordNet 1.5] 2. 1 troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances. Syn: harassed, harried, pestered [WordNet 1.5] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: annoyed adj 1: aroused to impatience or anger; "made an irritated gesture"; "feeling nettled from the constant teasing"; "peeved about being left out"; "felt really pissed at her snootiness"; "riled no end by his lies"; "roiled by the delay" [syn: {irritated}, {miffed}, {nettled}, {peeved}, {pissed}, {pissed off}, {riled}, {roiled}, {steamed}, {stunng}] 2: troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances; "harassed working mothers"; "a harried expression"; "her poor pestered father had to endure her constant interruptions"; "the vexed parents of an unruly teenager" [syn: {harassed}, {harried}, {pestered}, {vexed}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 54 Moby Thesaurus words for "annoyed": aggravated, amplified, angry, anxious, augmented, beset, bothered, browned-off, bugged, burnt-up, chafed, deliberately provoked, distressed, disturbed, embarrassed, embittered, enhanced, enlarged, exacerbated, exasperated, galled, griped, harassed, heated up, heightened, hotted up, huffy, inconvenienced, increased, intensified, irked, irritated, magnified, miffed, nettled, peeved, perturbed, piqued, plagued, provoked, put to it, put-out, puzzled, resentful, riled, roiled, ruffled, sore beset, soured, troubled, vexed, worried, worse, worsened
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