: 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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Solar energy has a simple but annoying weakness.
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Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 12 Apr. 2026
This is all so that Coach can feed his own narcissism even while being annoying, wrong, smarmy, and somehow totally in control.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 9 Apr. 2026
In addition, since many pre-flight tasks involve phone and computer touchscreens and the use of bare hands, a crew member who has to constantly put on and take off gloves would probably find the process both annoying and inefficient.
—Joey Skladany, Travel + Leisure, 9 Apr. 2026
The series is both watchable and trying, given its many tonal shifts and an able, attractive cast, some of whom are assigned to play quite annoying people.
—Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026
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Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 12 Apr. 2026
This is all so that Coach can feed his own narcissism even while being annoying, wrong, smarmy, and somehow totally in control.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 9 Apr. 2026
In addition, since many pre-flight tasks involve phone and computer touchscreens and the use of bare hands, a crew member who has to constantly put on and take off gloves would probably find the process both annoying and inefficient.
—Joey Skladany, Travel + Leisure, 9 Apr. 2026
The series is both watchable and trying, given its many tonal shifts and an able, attractive cast, some of whom are assigned to play quite annoying people.
—Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026
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“Annoying.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/annoying. Accessed 15 Apr. 2026.
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