: 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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Consumers Want Cocktails With Less Work The annoying part of a cocktail usually happens before the first sip.
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Noel Burgess, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
Devens in his initial season was seen as an aggressive, sometimes annoying player to the other contestants.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 20 May 2026
Sixty-three percent of Glamour readers polled think lurking is annoying and also kind of creepy.
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Some of that spectrum is just annoying.
—Gregory M. Dickinson, The Conversation, 18 May 2026
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Noel Burgess, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
Devens in his initial season was seen as an aggressive, sometimes annoying player to the other contestants.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 20 May 2026
Sixty-three percent of Glamour readers polled think lurking is annoying and also kind of creepy.
—Sam Reed, Glamour, 18 May 2026
Some of that spectrum is just annoying.
—Gregory M. Dickinson, The Conversation, 18 May 2026
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“Annoying.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/annoying. Accessed 25 May. 2026.
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