: 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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Jace is a prime example of an annoying TV teenager — stop questioning every decision your mom makes, dude!
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 19 June 2026
Yes, the practice of forwarding these emails can be annoying.
—Judith Martin, Mercury News, 19 June 2026
Others may find an AI voice cold or annoying, especially if the system gets confused.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 June 2026
The family project is interrupted by the appearance of a corpse – that of an annoying neighbor (played by John Carroll Lynch) with a habit of buzzing his woodchipper in the middle of the family’s filmmaking efforts.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 17 June 2026
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 19 June 2026
Yes, the practice of forwarding these emails can be annoying.
—Judith Martin, Mercury News, 19 June 2026
Others may find an AI voice cold or annoying, especially if the system gets confused.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 June 2026
The family project is interrupted by the appearance of a corpse – that of an annoying neighbor (played by John Carroll Lynch) with a habit of buzzing his woodchipper in the middle of the family’s filmmaking efforts.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 17 June 2026
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“Annoying.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/annoying. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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