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annoying

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of annoying

causing annoyance

My brother has the annoying habit of eating all the pickles and leaving a jar full of pickle juice in the refrigerator.

Synonyms of annoying

abrasive, aggravating, bothersome, chafing, disturbing, exasperating, frustrating, galling, irksome, irritating, maddening, nettlesome, nettling, peeving, pesky, pestiferous, pestilent, pestilential, pesty, rankling, riling, vexatious, vexing

Words Related to annoying

burdensome, discomforting, displeasing, disquieting, distressing, importunate, importune, inconveniencing

angering, enraging, infuriating

brattish, bratty, mischievous, offensive, troublesome, upsetting

distractive, painful, stressful, tiresome, troubling, trying, worrisome

biting, grating, jangling, jarring, spiny, thorny

Near Antonyms of annoying

delightful, pleasing

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