: 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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Rylee Johnston, PEOPLE, 6 Jan. 2026
Instead of relying on visual alerts or audio cues, which can be distracting, easy to miss, or outright annoying while riding, ViberAlert communicates through vibrations.
—New Atlas, 4 Jan. 2026
Few things are more annoying than those people who pick up free weights and do their exercises standing in front of the rack, clogging access for everyone else.
—Jenny McCoy, Outside, 2 Jan. 2026
Our next chance for precipitation comes Christmas night into Friday, with a low chance for light rain or freezing rain, with small but annoying impacts possible.
—Chris Shaffer, CBS News, 23 Dec. 2025
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“Annoying.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/annoying. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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