annoy

  • 11annoy — verb Etymology: Middle English anoien, from Anglo French anuier, ennoier, from Late Latin inodiare to make loathsome, from Latin in + odium hatred more at odium Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. to disturb or …

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  • 12annoy — v. 1) to annoy greatly, very much 2) (R) it annoyed me to be kept waiting so long; it annoyed us that they took so long to answer * * * [ə nɔɪ] it annoyed us that they took so long to answer very much (R) it annoyed me to be kept waiting so long… …

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  • 13annoy */*/ — UK [əˈnɔɪ] / US verb [transitive] Word forms annoy : present tense I/you/we/they annoy he/she/it annoys present participle annoying past tense annoyed past participle annoyed to make someone feel slightly angry or impatient I don t dislike her,… …

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  • 14annoy — See aggravate. See aggravate, annoy, irritate …

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  • 15annoy — 01. It really [annoys] me when you change the television channel every five minutes. 02. That buzzing sound from the refrigerator is really [annoying]. 03. The noise of the lawnmower was an [annoyance] that kept me from being able to really… …

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  • 16annoy — [13] Annoy comes ultimately from the Latin phrase in odiō, literally ‘in hatred’, hence ‘odious’ (odiō was the ablative sense of odium, from which English got odious [14] and odium [17]). The phrase was turned into a verb in later Latin –… …

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  • 17annoy — [[t]ənɔ͟ɪ[/t]] annoys, annoying, annoyed VERB If someone or something annoys you, it makes you fairly angry and impatient. → See also , annoying [V n] Try making a note of the things which annoy you... [it V n …

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  • 18annoy — [13] Annoy comes ultimately from the Latin phrase in odiō, literally ‘in hatred’, hence ‘odious’ (odiō was the ablative sense of odium, from which English got odious [14] and odium [17]). The phrase was turned into a verb in later Latin –… …

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  • 19annoy excessively — index badger Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 20annoy the hell out of somebody — scare, annoy, etc. the ˈhell out of sb idiom (informal) to scare, annoy, etc. sb very much Main entry: ↑hellidiom …

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