: 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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Each individual increase feels tolerable – annoying, maybe, but not catastrophic.
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Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 29 Mar. 2026
The consequences of all this information range from mildly annoying to very serious.
—Larry Magid, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2026
That said, chemists at the University of Kentucky discovered a potentially powerful use for one of whiskey’s most annoying—and plentiful—byproducts.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 25 Mar. 2026
Nothing is quite as annoying as a brand that refuses to adjust its fits to curvy bodies—but that’s not an issue here.
—Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 24 Mar. 2026
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Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 29 Mar. 2026
The consequences of all this information range from mildly annoying to very serious.
—Larry Magid, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2026
That said, chemists at the University of Kentucky discovered a potentially powerful use for one of whiskey’s most annoying—and plentiful—byproducts.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 25 Mar. 2026
Nothing is quite as annoying as a brand that refuses to adjust its fits to curvy bodies—but that’s not an issue here.
—Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 24 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for annoying
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“Annoying.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/annoying. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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