: 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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Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2026
There’s still housing, meals, books and annoying fees.
—George Skelton, Mercury News, 14 Mar. 2026
Adobe also has an annoying habit of sending you to user forums and even resources for other products.
—Michael Muchmore, PC Magazine, 13 Mar. 2026
Kurt's key takeaways Fake iPhone calendar spam invites are annoying.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 Mar. 2026
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“Annoying.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/annoying. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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