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Meaning of annoy | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Standard
əˈnɔɪ

Definitions

  1. A feeling of discomfort or vexation caused by what one dislikes.
    archaic, literary
  2. to make (someone) rather angry or impatient. Please go away and stop annoying me! irriteer, hinder يُزعِج، يُغْضِب дразня irritar zlobit, otravovat ärgern ærgre; irritere; genere ενοχλώmolestar, importunar tüütama اذیت کردن ärsyttää importuner לְהַרגִיז चिढ़ाना, सताना ljutiti bosszant mengganggu ónáða infastidire うるさがらせる 짜증나게 하다 erzinti, pykinti kaitināt; apgrūtināt mengganggu ergerenergre, plage, sjenere irytować آزارول، تکلیف ورکول incomodar a enerva раздражать hnevať, otravovať nadlegovati...
  3. That which causes such a feeling.
    archaic, literary
  4. made angry. My mother is annoyed with me; He was annoyed at her remarks. geïrriteerd مُنْزَعِج раздразнен irritado rozmrzelý, otrávený ärgerlich irriteret ενοχλημένος irritada, contrariada pahane رنجیده؛ اذیت شده harmistunut agacéמרוגז चिढ़ा हुआ ozlovoljen ideges, bosszús terganggu, kesal gramur irritato, infastidito 腹を立てた 화가 난 supykęs sakaitināts; īgns marah boosirritert, forarget poirytowany ځوریدلی aborrecido enervat раздражённый nahnevaný nejevoljen ljut förargad ที่รำคาญ epeyce kızmış, h...
  5. annoying habits. irriterend مُزْعِج، مُضايِق дразнещ irritante nemilý, protivný ärgerlich irriterende ενοχλητικόςmolesto, irritante tüütu مزاحم؛ اذیت کننده ärsyttävä agaçantמרגיז चिढ़ dosadan bosszantó mengganggu ergjandi fastidioso, irritante いらいらさせる 성가신 erzinantis kaitinošs menjengkelkan ergerlijk irriterende, plagsom irytujące ځورونکی incomodativo ener­vant раздражающий protivný nadležen dosadan förarglig, retsam น่ารำคาญ can sıkıcı, sinirlendirici 討厭的 дратівний, набридливий ناراض کرنے وال...
  6. irriterend بِصورَة مُزْعِجَة، بِمُضايَقَه дразнещо irritantemente nemile, protivně ärgerlich irriterende ενοχλητικά de modo irritante tüütult بطور آزاردهنده harmittavasti de manière agaçante בְּצוּרָה מַרְגִיזָה चिढ़ के साथ dosadno bosszantóan secara mengganggu ergilega in modo fastidioso/irritante うるさく 괴롭히는 erzinamai kaitinoši dengan jengkel ergerlijk ergerlig irytująco د ځورولو په ډول incomodativamente supărător раздражающе protivne nadležno uzrujano förargligt, retsamt อย่างรำคาญ can sıkıc...
  7. vt. importunar, fastidiar, molestar.
  8. To cause irritation to (another); make somewhat angry.
  9. Archaic To harass or disturb by repeated attacks.
    Archaic
  10. to irritate or displease
  11. (Historical Terms) to harass with repeated attacks
  12. to disturb or bother in a way that displeases, troubles, or irritates.

Equivalents

العربية أزعج ضايق
Български безпокоя
Català molestar
Čeština obtěžovat rušit
Esperanto agaci ĉagreni ĝeni kolerigi malamuzi tedi
Gàidhlig buair cuir dragh air
Galego aborrecer anoxar enfadar enfastiar
हिन्दी चिढ़ाना
Magyar bosszant idegesít zaklat zavar
Bahasa Indonesia melecehkan mengesalkan mengganggu
Íslenska trufla
ಕನ್ನಡ ಕಾಡು
Kurdî genî
Latina vexo
Lingála lemwa
Lietuvių dirginti erzinti
Nederlands ergeren vervelen
Polski irytować
Português aborrecer irritar
Română deranja enerva irita sâcâi
Svenska irritera reta störa
ไทย รำคาญ
Tagalog galitin
Українська дратувати
اردو چھیڑنا
Tiếng Việt làm phiền quấy rầy

Examples

“VVe that ſuffer long anoy / Are contented vvith a thought / Through an idle fancie vvrought / O let my ioyes have ſome abiding.”
“[I]f she says he was defeated, why he had better, a great deal, have been defeated, than give her a moment's annoy.”
“Sleepe in Peace, and wake in Ioy, / Good Angels guard thee from the Boares annoy […]”
“The home far and away, the distance where lives joy, / The cure, at once and ever, of world and world's annoy; […]”

CEFR level

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