: 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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Petulant and quite annoying, but also great to watch.
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Tim Spiers, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
There was one distraction during the number when the director made their performance look like a TikTok video, complete with a stream of annoying comments to the left of Leavitt’s tush.
—Lynette Rice, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2025
But for the most part, these competitors were dummies all around, with even the biggest threats deeply flawed or actively annoying in some way.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2025
Having to spend your day punching up a crappy slide deck your colleague’s chatbot spit out is annoying, to be sure.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
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Tim Spiers, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
There was one distraction during the number when the director made their performance look like a TikTok video, complete with a stream of annoying comments to the left of Leavitt’s tush.
—Lynette Rice, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2025
But for the most part, these competitors were dummies all around, with even the biggest threats deeply flawed or actively annoying in some way.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2025
Having to spend your day punching up a crappy slide deck your colleague’s chatbot spit out is annoying, to be sure.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for annoying
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“Annoying.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/annoying. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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