annoying

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

the act of troubling or annoying someone
• Syn:
annoyance, irritation, vexation
• Derivationally related forms:
vex (for: vexation), irritate (for: irritation), annoy (for: annoyance)
• Hypernyms:
mistreatment
• Hyponyms:
exasperation, red flag

II - adjective

causing irritation or annoyance (Freq. 1)
- tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork
- aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport
- found it galling to have to ask permission
- an irritating delay
- nettlesome paperwork
- a pesky mosquito
- swarms of pestering gnats
- a plaguey newfangled safety catch
- a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him
- a vexatious child
- it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong
• Syn:
bothersome, galling, irritating, nettlesome, pesky,
pesky, pestiferous, plaguy, plaguey, teasing,
vexatious, vexing
• Similar to:
disagreeable
• Derivationally related forms:
plague (for: plaguey), plague (for: plaguy)

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  annoyance, irritation, vexation