annoying

adj, noun — 2 senses

annoying

adj

/əˈnɔɪ.ɪŋ/

Etymology From annoy + -ing.

1

Causing irritation or annoyance; troublesome; vexatious.

Having flies in your bedroom when you're trying to sleep is really annoying.

Synonyms: aggravating, aggy, annoying, wretched, displeasing, bothersome, chagrining, cruddy, douchetastic, douchey, drippy, gittish, honery, irksome, irritating, obnoxious, pesky, plaguy, troublesome, twattish, vexatious
Derived terms: annoyingly, annoyingness, unannoying
Related terms: annoy, annoyed

annoying

noun

Etymology From annoy + -ing.

1

Rare That which annoys; an annoyance.

[…] they lose the true spirit of Christianity; and, while their heads are filled with clouds of mysticism, and the smoke of metaphysical nonsense, their hearts are filled with uncharitableness and bitter annoyings.1865, William Buell Sprague, Annals of the American Unitarian Pulpit:

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