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annoying en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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  • /əˈnɔɪ.ɪŋ/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-der. Proto-Italic *odjom Latin odium Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Late Latin inodiāre Old French enoiierbor. Middle English anoyen English annoy Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ynge English -ing English annoying From annoy + -ing.

Meanings

  1. Causing irritation or annoyance; troublesome; vexatious.
    • Having flies in your bedroom when you're trying to sleep is really annoying.

Forms

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more annoying Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most annoying Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

unannoying · annoyingly · annoyingness

Relateds

annoy · annoyed

Synonyms

douchey · irritating · pesky · troublesome · cruddy · honery · aggravating · aggy · twattish · chagrining · gittish · douchetastic · displeasing · irksome · drippy · vexatious · annoying · obnoxious · bothersome · wretched · plaguy

Translations (108)

ceb samok (causing irritation or annoyance) · it scocciante (causing irritation or annoyance) · sv irriterande (causing irritation or annoyance) · tr can sıkıcı (causing irritation or annoyance) · fr ennuyeux (causing irritation or annoyance) · fr ennuyant (causing irritation or annoyance) · tl nakauurat (causing irritation or annoyance) · ru раздража́ющий (causing irritation or annoyance) · ca enutjós (causing irritation or annoyance) · fi ärsyttävä (causing irritation or annoyance) · es molesto (causing irritation or annoyance) · tr rahatsız edici (causing irritation or annoyance) · es cargante (causing irritation or annoyance) · it pesante (causing irritation or annoyance) · scn siccanti (causing irritation or annoyance) · th น่ารำคาญ (causing irritation or annoyance) · pt irritante (causing irritation or annoyance) · el ενοχλητικός (causing irritation or annoyance) · es enfadoso (causing irritation or annoyance) · vi phiền (causing irritation or annoyance) · is pirrandi (causing irritation or annoyance) · fr énervant (causing irritation or annoyance) · ru надое́дливый (causing irritation or annoyance) · ja うるさい (causing irritation or annoyance) · cmn 煩人 /烦人 (causing irritation or annoyance) · eo agaca (causing irritation or annoyance) · enm anoiful (causing irritation or annoyance) · ro enervant (causing irritation or annoyance) · ko 성가시다 (causing irritation or annoyance) · uk доса́дний (causing irritation or annoyance) · tr gıcık (causing irritation or annoyance) · cy plagus (causing irritation or annoyance) · cs otravný (causing irritation or annoyance) · nl storend (causing irritation or annoyance) · ja 面倒 (causing irritation or annoyance) · be раздражня́льны (causing irritation or annoyance) · tr sinir bozucu (causing irritation or annoyance) · pam makakulami (causing irritation or annoyance) · no plagsom (causing irritation or annoyance) · es engorroso (causing irritation or annoyance) · bg досаден (causing irritation or annoyance) · ca enfadós (causing irritation or annoyance) · pt chato (causing irritation or annoyance) · be абры́длівы (causing irritation or annoyance) · cmn 討厭 /讨厌 (causing irritation or annoyance) · de ärgerlich (causing irritation or annoyance) · vi phiền toái (causing irritation or annoyance) · uk дратівли́вий (causing irritation or annoyance) · ar مُزْعِج (causing irritation or annoyance) · he מעצבן (causing irritation or annoyance) · nrf embêtant (causing irritation or annoyance) · it seccante (causing irritation or annoyance) · ca molest (causing irritation or annoyance) · ja 迷惑 (causing irritation or annoyance) · ru назо́йливый (causing irritation or annoyance) · no irriterende (causing irritation or annoyance) · scn camurriusu (causing irritation or annoyance) · lad fastidiozo (causing irritation or annoyance) · enm diseseful (causing irritation or annoyance) · ko 짜증스럽다 (causing irritation or annoyance) · tl nakaaasar (causing irritation or annoyance) · ga bearránach (causing irritation or annoyance) · pl irytujący (causing irritation or annoyance) · es chinchoso (causing irritation or annoyance) · es fastidioso (causing irritation or annoyance) · ko 귀찮다 (causing irritation or annoyance) · mk до́саден (causing irritation or annoyance) · la molestus (causing irritation or annoyance) · be даса́дны (causing irritation or annoyance) · fr agaçant (causing irritation or annoyance) · is truflandi (causing irritation or annoyance) · uk набридливи́й (causing irritation or annoyance) · es lacroso (causing irritation or annoyance) · pl drażliwy (causing irritation or annoyance) · tr sinirlendirici (causing irritation or annoyance) · tl nakaiinis (causing irritation or annoyance) · de lästig (causing irritation or annoyance) · ja 煩い (causing irritation or annoyance) · pl upierdliwy (causing irritation or annoyance) · ia moleste (causing irritation or annoyance) · fi närkästyttävä (causing irritation or annoyance) · bcl makaurag (causing irritation or annoyance) · gmw-ecg aarchrlich (causing irritation or annoyance) · tr sinir (causing irritation or annoyance) · ru доку́чливый (causing irritation or annoyance) · it fastidioso (causing irritation or annoyance) · ru доса́дный (causing irritation or annoyance) · da irriterende (causing irritation or annoyance) · it irritante (causing irritation or annoyance) · fr irritant (causing irritation or annoyance) · nl irritant (causing irritation or annoyance) · eo ĝena (causing irritation or annoyance) · enm irkesom (causing irritation or annoyance) · nb sjenerende (causing irritation or annoyance) · scn camuriusu (causing irritation or annoyance) · sv förarglig (causing irritation or annoyance) · no enerverende (causing irritation or annoyance) · hu bosszantó (causing irritation or annoyance) · vi phiền phức (causing irritation or annoyance) · ro supărător (causing irritation or annoyance) · tr kıl (causing irritation or annoyance) · sv dryg (causing irritation or annoyance) · es molestoso (causing irritation or annoyance) · nl vervelend (causing irritation or annoyance) · it inopportuno (causing irritation or annoyance) · ca fastijós (causing irritation or annoyance) · ka აბეზარი (causing irritation or annoyance) · no brysom (causing irritation or annoyance)

annoying en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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  • /əˈnɔɪ.ɪŋ/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-der. Proto-Italic *odjom Latin odium Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Late Latin inodiāre Old French enoiierbor. Middle English anoyen English annoy Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ynge English -ing English annoying From annoy + -ing.

Meanings

  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:

Forms

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annoyings Number=Plur lexicographic

annoying en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /əˈnɔɪ.ɪŋ/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-der. Proto-Italic *odjom Latin odium Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Late Latin inodiāre Old French enoiierbor. Middle English anoyen English annoy Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ynge English -ing English annoying From annoy + -ing.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of annoy
    form of annoy