: 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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Ryan Brennan
april 30, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Apr. 2026
Not a lot is explained, just dangled, which might be annoying to some.
—ABC News, 29 Apr. 2026
But all that also adds a massive camera dune to the back of the device, whereas Samsung's current stack is just an annoying little hump.
—Florence Ion, PC Magazine, 29 Apr. 2026
That disease is annoying and frustrating.
—Wendy Grossman Kantor, PEOPLE, 29 Apr. 2026
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“Annoying.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/annoying. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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