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Meanings of
annoy
in English
Portuguese
importunar
Catalan
amoïnar
Spanish
provocar
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To make someone rather angry or impatient; to cause annoyance.
devil
bother
gravel
bug
rag
vex
irritate
nettle
chafe
rile
Portuguese
importunar
Synonyms
Examples for "
devil
"
devil
bother
gravel
bug
rag
Examples for "
devil
"
1
Inwardly in the former is the
devil
,
in the latter the Lord.
2
And Mr. Wesley also believed in the actual existence of the
devil
.
3
Belief in the
devil
is the reverse side of faith in God.
4
The
devil
saw it; and entered into the heart of Thomas Thurnall.
5
When the
devil
was gone and the man spoke; the people wondered.
1
It's the increasing number of extreme weather events that directly
bother
pets.
2
They probably won't even
bother
to question her, she's so far gone.
3
The emissary didn't
bother
to wait for an answer to his question.
4
Strictly speaking, I should not have used the word
'
bother
'
,
should I?
5
I'm sorry to
bother
you, but I need to ask you something.
1
The voids in the sand grit and
gravel
were 27 per cent.
2
I followed a
gravel
driveway along the left side of the building.
3
There; you can hear the wheels of his gig on the
gravel
.
4
Oh, and the
gravel
strip under the windows is a good idea.
5
I can feel it, Alick had said, his voice
gravel
-
do
not
appear.
1
In the world of open source software,
bug
reports are useful information.
2
Little is known about the second
bug
used to gain root access.
3
The
bug
has claimed a couple of victims recently, including one editor.
4
But for some,
bug
hunting can actually bring in a good wage.
5
Why would Darpa care about changes in this particular
bug
,
you ask?
1
She dropped the
rag
when raised voices sounded from the main house.
2
Number Nine, voiced by Elijah Woods, leads the
rag
dolls to survival.
3
Over the past 20 years the
rag
-
and
-
bone
trade has had a makeover.
4
Funny really, seeing as the rest of us was in
rag
order.
5
He pushed aside the
rag
,
stared to the south for a moment.
1
Just to
vex
him, I had made a list of essential characteristics.
2
I have no doubt he is deliberately setting out to
vex
us.
3
They
vex
the ear a little, but they never reach the mind.
4
It seemed this body was determined to
vex
ID at every turn.
5
And now let us not
vex
ourselves any further with these conundrums.
1
However, this has only served to
irritate
the local Islamic State cell.
2
The delay of the train did not
irritate
me in the least.
3
But the changes in his native land are beginning to
irritate
him.
4
Now be a good boy and run along and
irritate
someone else.
5
It was useless to make inquiries; they only seemed to
irritate
him.
1
Others hope a new generation of leaders could yet grasp the
nettle
.
2
Now the time had come, Mr Quinn declared, to grasp the
nettle
.
3
The same treatment may be used in
nettle
rash or prickly heat.
4
So out of the
nettle
danger we may pluck the flower safety.
5
From the
nettle
Change I have tried to pluck the flower Security.
1
Many Uighurs
chafe
at Chinese government controls on their culture and religion.
2
Nonentities are never slandered; they
chafe
because they are left in peace.
3
The strings crossed, and the upper began to
chafe
the lower savagely.
4
His terrible headache made him
chafe
at any prolonging of the scene.
5
But perhaps inevitably, the bonds between the team eventually start to
chafe
.
1
Even at his current level, that brush with success will
rile
him.
2
And of course papers publish things to
rile
readers or as comment-bait.
3
He suggested relatively uncontroversial measures that do not
rile
gun rights advocates.
4
It takes a lot to
rile
people in this decidedly courteous nation.
5
A vote to compete under a Taiwan banner would further
rile
Beijing.
1
A study has shown people love to
nark
on their workmates.
2
My men have orders to
nark
first and subspeck afterward.
3
The resultant indiscipline may
nark
some investors.
4
You're a
nark
for that fellow Crewe.
5
Rotten, copper's
nark
!
And then he died.
1
Hektor just needed to figure out a way to
get
at
it.
2
Why can't Chief Holland
get
at
them that way, without involving me?'
3
They must
get
at
the truth; they must crush out the insurrection.
4
Xavier would take all the help he could
get
at
this point.
5
The ones you
get
at
Target don't work anywhere near as well.
1
The migrants hope to
get
to
wealthy western Europe and find work.
2
When many aid workers hear about a problem, they
get
to
work.
3
Working together was a good way to
get
to
know people better.
4
Soon, he said, he would
get
to
work on the second floor.
5
I hope we can
get
to
that point as quickly as possible.
Usage of
annoy
in English
1
The sight of us standing in the doorway appeared to
annoy
him.
2
He said it again because he knew it would
annoy
the press.
3
If it doesn't
annoy
people then it probably won't be any good.
4
The bloc could also
annoy
the United States, Switzerland and Asian countries.
5
It is nothing that will
annoy
you; at least I think not.
6
Both murmured in subdued tones, in order not to
annoy
other players.
7
She didn't particularly want one, but she did it to
annoy
Billy.
8
They were absolutely exhausted, and my questions only seemed to
annoy
them.
9
On the whole, however, this did not
annoy
anyone except the scientists.
10
They had wisely resolved to
annoy
the Spaniards in their American possessions.
11
Some things
annoy
and irk me: for a start, golf and tennis.
12
Sometimes I think they exist solely to upset and
annoy
their brothers.
13
He enjoys writing about various things that either
annoy
or entertain you.
14
There was enough truth in that to
annoy
Dunk all the more.
15
I would not do any thing to
annoy
you for the world.
16
This habit used to
annoy
me almost beyond the point of endurance.
Other examples for "annoy"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
annoy
Verb
Indicative · Present
Frequent collocations
annoy people
annoy the enemy
annoy any one
annoy as
annoy so
More collocations
Translations for
annoy
Portuguese
importunar
vexar
molestar
incomodar
irritar
Catalan
amoïnar
vexar
provocar
fastidiar
molestar
mortificar
irritar
incomodar
Spanish
provocar
fastidiar
molestar
irritar
incomodar
Annoy
through the time
Annoy
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Less common