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Annoyance

Annoyance Meaning & Definition
Annoyance Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Annoyance?

[n] the act of troubling or annoying someone
[n] something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness; "washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washer"; "a bit of a bother"; "he's not a friend, he's an infliction"
[n] anger produced by some annoying irritation
[n] an unpleasant person who is annoying or exasperating
[n] the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed

Synonyms | Synonyms for Annoyance: aggravator | annoying | bother | botheration | botheration | chafe | infliction | irritation | irritation | pain | pain in the ass | pain in the neck | vexation | vexation | vexation

Related Terms | Find terms related to Annoyance: ado | adverse circumstances | adversity | affliction | aggravation | amplification | anger | annoyingness | anxiety | augmentation | aversion | bad news | bedevilment | besetment | blight | bore | bother | botheration | bothering | bothersomeness | bummer | can of worms | care | contentiousness | crashing bore | cross | curse | deepening | deliberate aggravation | deterioration | devilment | difficulties | difficulty | disadvantage | disapprobation | disapproval | discontent | disgust | dislike | displeasure | dissatisfaction | distaste | distress | dogging | downer | drag | embittering | embitterment | enhancement | enlargement | evil | exacerbation | exasperation | great ado | harassment | hard knocks | hard life | hard lot | hardcase | hardship | harrying | headache | heightening | hounding | inconvenience | increase | indignation | intensification | ire | irking | irksomeness | irritant | irritation | magnification | matter | molestation | nuisance | pain | peck of troubles | persecution | peskiness | pest | pester | pestering | pestiferousness | pique | plague | plaguesomeness | plight | pother | predicament | pressure | problem | provocation | provoking | provokingness | repugnance | repulsion | resentfulness | resentment | revulsion | riding | rigor | sea of troubles | sharpening | souring | stress | stress of life | teasing | tiresomeness | trial | tribulation | trouble | troubles | troublesomeness | vale of tears | vexation | vexatiousness | vexing | vicissitude | wearisomeness | worriment | worrisomeness | worry | worsening | wrath

See Also | aggravation | anger | bummer | choler | disagreeable person | displeasure | exasperation | exasperation | frustration | harassment | huff | impatience | ire | irritant | irritation | mental state | miff | mistreatment | negative stimulus | nuisance | pinprick | pique | plague | psychological state | red flag | restlessness | seeing red | snit | temper | thorn | torment | unpleasant person

Annoyance In Webster's Dictionary

\An*noy"ance\, n. [OF. anoiance, anuiance.] 1. The act of annoying, or the state of being annoyed; molestation; vexation; annoy. A deep clay, giving much annoyance to passengers. --Fuller. For the further annoyance and terror of any besieged place, they would throw into it dead bodies. --Wilkins. 2. That which annoys. A grain, a dust, a gnat, a wandering hair, Any annoyance in that precious sense. --Shak.

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