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Annoyance
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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