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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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     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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