: causing vexation or irritation : causing annoyance : irritating
an annoying habit
annoying questions
Examples of annoying in a Sentence
my partner has the annoying habit of eating all the pickles and leaving a jar full of pickle juice in the refrigerator
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Mark Phelan, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2025
This is a unique portrait of families and their foibles, both amusing and annoying, superbly acted by an exceptional cast fully inhabiting their characters.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2025
The Hidden Risk Behind Smarter Systems In regular consumer apps, a bug might just be annoying.
—Gopinath Kathiresan, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Allergies aren’t just annoying—they’re also tricky.
—Elizabeth Yuko, Flow Space, 29 Aug. 2025
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“Annoying.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/annoying. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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