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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.
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Say, what can more our tortured souls annoy
Than to behold, admire, and lose our joy? --Prior.
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2. To molest, incommode, or harm; as, to annoy an army by
impeding its march, or by a cannonade.
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Syn: To molest; vex; trouble; pester; embarrass; perplex;
tease.
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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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