Meaning of ANNOYANCE
| Pronunciation: | | u'noyuns
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- [n] the act of troubling or annoying someone
- [n] something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness; "washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washer"; "a bit of a bother"; "he's not a friend, he's an infliction"
- [n] anger produced by some annoying irritation
- [n] an unpleasant person who is annoying or exasperating
- [n] the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed
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| | Synonyms: | | aggravator, annoying, bother, botheration, botheration, chafe, infliction, irritation, irritation, pain, pain in the ass, pain in the neck, vexation, vexation, vexation |
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| | See Also: | | aggravation, anger, bummer, choler, disagreeable person, displeasure, exasperation, exasperation, frustration, harassment, huff, impatience, ire, irritant, irritation, mental state, miff, mistreatment, negative stimulus, nuisance, pinprick, pique, plague, psychological state, red flag, restlessness, seeing red, snit, temper, thorn, torment, unpleasant person | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \An*noy"ance\, n. [OF. anoiance, anuiance.]
1. The act of annoying, or the state of being annoyed;
molestation; vexation; annoy.
A deep clay, giving much annoyance to passengers.
--Fuller.
For the further annoyance and terror of any besieged
place, they would throw into it dead bodies.
--Wilkins.
2. That which annoys.
A grain, a dust, a gnat, a wandering hair, Any
annoyance in that precious sense. --Shak.
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