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Antonyms for annoying

Grammar : Adj
Spell : uh-noi-ing
Phonetic Transcription : əˈnɔɪ ɪŋ

Definition of annoying

Origin :
  • late 13c., from Anglo-French anuier, Old French enoiier, anuier "to weary, vex, anger; be troublesome or irksome to," from Late Latin inodiare "make loathsome," from Latin (esse) in odio "(it is to me) hateful," ablative of odium "hatred" (see odium). Earliest form of the word in English was as a noun, c.1200, "feeling of irritation, displeasure, distaste." Related: Annoyed; annoying; annoyingly. Middle English also had annoyful and annoyous (both late 14c.).
  • adj causing irritation
Example sentences :
  • When he had time to notice it, it amused him that he did not find it annoying.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • Isn't it annoying when one can't pick up the thread of a conversation?
  • Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
  • I saw that Clara was bent on annoying her old enemy, and interposed.
  • Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
  • The kindling of the fire seems to have been for the purpose of annoying the enemy.
  • Extract from : « Y Gododin » by Aneurin
  • “Sir Peter has great faith in annoying and thwarting me,” she went on.
  • Extract from : « The First Violin » by Jessie Fothergill
  • I need not say how annoying it is to hear these things from one's former servants.
  • Extract from : « People of Position » by Stanley Portal Hyatt
  • If he was in there, it was most annoying that he should hear these just criticisms.
  • Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
  • So long a period of expectancy had ended by annoying the public.
  • Extract from : « Nana, The Miller's Daughter, Captain Burle, Death of Olivier Becaille » by Emile Zola
  • This last is very serious, and often it is annoying; but there is always some excuse for it.
  • Extract from : « A Boy I Knew and Four Dogs » by Laurence Hutton
  • And what is your motive in annoying me, and always, wherever I am, making a point of coming?
  • Extract from : « Alcibiades I » by (may be spurious) Plato

Synonyms for annoying

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