: causing vexation or irritation : causing annoyance : irritating
an annoying habit
annoying questions
Examples of annoying in a Sentence
my partner has the annoying habit of eating all the pickles and leaving a jar full of pickle juice in the refrigerator
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Increasing one’s protein intake requires an annoying amount of foresight, a willingness to experience short-term displeasure, or both.
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Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
This eye-rolling, annual chore is annoying, obviously, but also tied to the functioning of government.
— Made By History, Time, 15 Apr. 2025
The novel is more than 1,000 pages long, funny and brilliant; despite its annoying fanboys, the book’s reputation gets ever brighter.
—Carolyn Kellogg, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2025
However, when one of these updates installs a mysterious new folder, without proper explanation, and sets off a whole new social media privacy conspiracy, the annoying side comes to the fore.
—Davey Winder, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
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Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
This eye-rolling, annual chore is annoying, obviously, but also tied to the functioning of government.
— Made By History, Time, 15 Apr. 2025
The novel is more than 1,000 pages long, funny and brilliant; despite its annoying fanboys, the book’s reputation gets ever brighter.
—Carolyn Kellogg, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2025
However, when one of these updates installs a mysterious new folder, without proper explanation, and sets off a whole new social media privacy conspiracy, the annoying side comes to the fore.
—Davey Winder, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
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“Annoying.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/annoying. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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