annoy
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aggravate, bother, bug, burn (up), chafe, eat, exasperate, frost, gall, get, grate, gripe, hack (off), irk, irritate, itch, nark [British], nettle, peeve, persecute, pique, put out, rasp, rile, ruffle, spite, vex
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If their fighting words annoy you the next day, give yourself some breathing room instead of approaching them again so soon. — Caitlin Moscatello, Woman's Day, "10 Things You Should Never Do After a Fight With Your Partner," 20 Feb. 2019 Then there’s Gretchen (the inimitable Toni Collette), another major player who ditches her curator role for a new position as art advisor, seemingly for the sheer pleasure of annoying her former colleagues. — Candice Frederick, Harper's BAZAAR, "Netflix's Velvet Buzzsaw Shouldn't Work—But It (Mostly) Does," 3 Feb. 2019 That has proved to be annoying in my home because the location of my thermostat is in an upstairs hallway that’s visible from downstairs. — Dan Seifert, The Verge, "The Cortana-powered GLAS thermostat has more beauty than brains," 29 Aug. 2018 People who yell at you to get off your phone and live in the moment are annoying. — Megan Farokhmanesh, The Verge, "Not a cellphone in sight," 9 Nov. 2018 Calling your representatives on the phone is annoying. — Jennifer Wright, Harper's BAZAAR, "Why Stripping U.S. Citizens of Their Passports Is a Precursor to Genocide," 7 Sep. 2018 From the inside the split rear glass is annoying in the rear view mirror. — Robert Duffer, chicagotribune.com, "Auto review: Mitsubishi shows signs of life with 2018 Eclipse Cross," 19 June 2018 The Cubs, at least, can be fun, although Anthony Rizzo nearly killing a catcher earlier this year is certainly annoying. — Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Brewers fans, if you had to pick one, who do you despise more? Cardinals or Cubs?," 12 June 2018 Funny Captions Found the person who annoys me the least and called it love. — Kelly O'sullivan, Country Living, "30+ Valentine's Day Captions for Instagram That Are Cute Without Being Cheesy," 11 Jan. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'annoy.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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