: 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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Lighter hair tones are notoriously high-maintenance—and come with the annoying reality check that brassiness is bound to happen.
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Austen Tosone, Glamour, 17 Nov. 2025
Now as episode three hits the service, questions abound on the true nature of this joyous plague and the deep space transmission that caused all these annoying pleasantries.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 14 Nov. 2025
No experience, no matter how stressful or annoying as things might be, none of it is in vain.
—Angel Diaz, Billboard, 11 Nov. 2025
Meynecke said his footage suggested the whales found their hangers-on annoying.
—CNN Money, 8 Nov. 2025
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Austen Tosone, Glamour, 17 Nov. 2025
Now as episode three hits the service, questions abound on the true nature of this joyous plague and the deep space transmission that caused all these annoying pleasantries.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 14 Nov. 2025
No experience, no matter how stressful or annoying as things might be, none of it is in vain.
—Angel Diaz, Billboard, 11 Nov. 2025
Meynecke said his footage suggested the whales found their hangers-on annoying.
—CNN Money, 8 Nov. 2025
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“Annoying.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/annoying. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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