Synonyms for annoy
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Irritate — to disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to bother with unpleasant deeds
irritate, bother, vex, rile, irk, pester, harass, trouble, disturb, aggravate, chafe, tease, worry, embarrass, offend, exasperate, displease, persecute, provoke, get, get to, get at
Other
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Definitions
- v. 1
To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to bother with unpleasant deeds.
Marc loved his sister, but when she annoyed him he wanted to switch her off.
- v. 2
To molest; to harm; to injure.
to annoy an army by impeding its march, or by a cannonade
Forms
- Past participle
- annoyed
e.g. annoyed → irritated, bothered, vexed, riled…
Example sentences
- irritate What kind of things does Tom do that irritate you?
- pester We will pester him with heaps of questions.
By length
- 3 letters
- get1, vex1, irk1
- 4 letters
- rile1
- 5 letters
- worry2, wound1, tease1, chafe1
- 6 letters
- damage2, bother2, offend2, harass2, injure2, grieve1, pester2, grotch
- 7 letters
- trouble2, disturb2, provoke2
- 8 letters
- irritate3
- 9 letters
- embarrass3, aggravate3, persecute3, displease2
- 10 letters
- exasperate4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (worry2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- ennuyer
- Español
- aburrir
- Deutsch
- langweilen