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
Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026
Just not as annoyed as his fan base, which hasn’t celebrated a title in four decades.
—Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026
Max Tani, semafor.com, 30 Mar. 2026
One who grew up respectful but annoyed by the success the league previously had in Seattle.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 25 Mar. 2026
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Adjective
The proud bronze lions outside the Art Institute are getting very annoyed and starting to grumble.
—Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026
Just not as annoyed as his fan base, which hasn’t celebrated a title in four decades.
—Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026
Verb
The platform’s staff has seemed minorly annoyed at the shots Denk and others at Beehiiv have taken as Substack has moved from disruptor to incumbent.
—Max Tani, semafor.com, 30 Mar. 2026
One who grew up respectful but annoyed by the success the league previously had in Seattle.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 25 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for annoyed
Adjective
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More than a decade later, Silverman would remain irritated by this.—
Jennifer Armstrong,
IndieWire,
15 Apr. 2026
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Everybody’s just irritated with each other.—
Ryan Brennan,
Kansas City Star,
13 Apr. 2026
Verb
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There’s a big ensemble, elaborate costumes, a book that winks at every Rodgers and Hammerstein inconsistency that has ever bothered you, and, briefly, a dream ballet.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
21 Apr. 2026
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Only people like Dennis bothered to notice.—
Bobby Burack OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
21 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Woe be to the moony boyfriend or, in Nel’s case, exasperated girlfriend (Agata Trzebuchowska), left behind to dust off the ash.—
Robert Abele,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Apr. 2026
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PepsiCo began cutting prices on value brands like Chester’s and Santitas last spring to win back exasperated customers.—
Boston Herald Wire Services,
Boston Herald,
16 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Three people told the Washington Examiner that Scott had become paranoid that Lewandowski was spying on him through his work phone and had bugged his office.—
Anna Giaritelli,
The Washington Examiner,
27 Mar. 2026
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Underwood went on The Bachelor as a straight man, made a connection with Randolph, broke up with her, bugged her car, and then was hit with a restraining order.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
27 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The Brooklyn grandmom was upset that the women were allowing their dogs to defecate in an empty lot next to her property, her son told the Daily News at the time.—
Kerry Burke,
New York Daily News,
25 Apr. 2026
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My mom was very upset that the inheritance was not divided up equally and asked me several times why my portion would be so much larger.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Mercury News,
24 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Alex isn’t persecuted for being trans.—
Brittany Delay,
Mercury News,
17 Apr. 2026
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Jews were not necessarily being persecuted in Hungary at that point.—
Marcy Thompson,
Scientific American,
16 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The many leaps in time to the wedding—to which Ruben shows up on a motorcycle, angry enough to knock his brother out with a single punch—consistently ratchet up the sense of dread, and the suspense over why or how these two have stayed enmeshed.—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
24 Apr. 2026
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Jabil board defies angry shareholders.—
Jim Edwards,
Fortune,
24 Apr. 2026
Verb
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In a Tuesday update, police announced that Jeffrey Alonzo Keitt, 68, of Myrtle Beach, was charged with two counts of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature and possession of a weapon during a violent crime.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
22 Apr. 2026
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Loperfido aggravated his quad running to first base on a ground out in Friday’s game against the Cardinals and underwent imaging Saturday.—
Matt Kawahara,
Houston Chronicle,
19 Apr. 2026
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“Annoyed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/annoyed. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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