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Annoy
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Annoy
/əˈnɔɪ/
It refers to causing someone to feel irritated or slightly angry.
Synonyms:
irritate
bother
aggravate
provoke
pester
Antonyms:
please
delight
calm
soothe
comfort
Examples:
Stop tapping your pen, it's really
annoying
everyone.
She's always friendly like she's immune to being
annoyed
.
You have been
annoying
my friends."
Etymology:
Derived from the Old French
enoiier,
which in turn came from the Late Latin
inodiare,
stemming from the base
odium
meaning hate.
Usage Statistics:
58 mentions per 1 million words
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