as in irritated
subjected to and reacting with irritation
I was extremely annoyed when she changed her mind for the third time
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as in bothered
to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts
deliberately annoyed the elderly neighbor by walking across his lawn
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Recent Examples of annoyed
Hua Hsu, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
As reporters tried to grab the leaders’ attention, Putin — a former Soviet KGB intelligence officer — seemed to be visibly annoyed.
—Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 16 Aug. 2025
Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025
This not only infuriated Epstein conspiracy theorists but also annoyed White House officials, who hadn’t been informed of the stunt in advance.
—Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
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Adjective
This idea of continuity intrigued, and annoyed, Kuang.
—Hua Hsu, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
As reporters tried to grab the leaders’ attention, Putin — a former Soviet KGB intelligence officer — seemed to be visibly annoyed.
—Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 16 Aug. 2025
Verb
That wasn’t an attempt to minimize Friday’s miscues or shrug past all the disorder that had Johnson annoyed.
—Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025
This not only infuriated Epstein conspiracy theorists but also annoyed White House officials, who hadn’t been informed of the stunt in advance.
—Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for annoyed
Adjective
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It can be used for moisturizing, cleansing, and soothing irritated skin and as a laxative in enemas or suppositories.—
Lauren O'Connor,
Health,
2 Sep. 2025
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People tended to be somewhat irritated at this lack of contextual capability.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
Verb
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And she couldn’t be bothered to start things up again.—
Bryan Washington,
New Yorker,
7 Sep. 2025
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No one has ever bothered me for doing this.—
R29 Team,
Refinery29,
5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The boy’s father, an exasperated man at the mercy of an Amazon-like delivery job that docks him for every second he so much as thinks about his son, is the only person who even wants to go through the effort of looking for him.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
7 Sep. 2025
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An exasperated Sabalenka was quick to blow up in the press conference after the Centre Court defeat, claiming her opponent should have apologized for celebrating a winner too early.—
Tim Ellis,
Forbes.com,
5 Sep. 2025
Verb
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His not winning it was considered a failure, and that bugged him.—
Brody Miller,
New York Times,
21 Aug. 2025
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The characters muse about the extreme likelihood that their apartments have been bugged.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
14 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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There have been some instances, however, when an upset crayfish comes home from a hard day of crayfishing only to have to kick out a frog and cap the burrow.—
Karl Schneider,
IndyStar,
3 Sep. 2025
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Meanwhile, for an AI that claims someone is going into something bad, but the AI has computationally misjudged the circumstance, users are bound to howl and get upset with the AI and the AI maker.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Verb
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His deportation to El Salvador violated a 2019 court order that protected him from being deported to his home country because of concerns that he’d be persecuted by violent gangs.—
Marlene Lenthang,
NBC news,
25 Aug. 2025
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Criminals are to be persecuted.—
Tommy Trenchard,
NPR,
23 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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One unbearable sequence has Chiang coming back angry in the middle of the day and suddenly raping Chuan in their bedroom.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Sep. 2025
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In late July, centrist independent US Senator Angus King released a startlingly angry statement.—
Jack Sheehan
September 4,
Literary Hub,
4 Sep. 2025
Verb
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But the attacker re-aggravated his hamstring at the club’s training hub in Rush Green.—
Roshane Thomas,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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Georgia also has an anti-hazing law that deems hazing a misdemeanor of a high or aggravated nature that is punishable by up to one year in jail.—
Meredith Deliso,
ABC News,
26 Aug. 2025
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“Annoyed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/annoyed. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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