as in irritated
subjected to and reacting with irritation
I was extremely annoyed when she changed her mind for the third time
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as in bothered
to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts
deliberately annoyed the elderly neighbor by walking across his lawn
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Recent Examples of annoyed
Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 27 Feb. 2025
So, Old Trafford staff outside the playing team and coaches have every right to feel annoyed that they are being made to pay for the lack of profitability.
—Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2024
But the judge also rules against Jacobson-Moore because she’s annoyed by Matlock being Matlock.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 12 Dec. 2024
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Adjective
The head coach must support him and let all of the easily annoyed assistants know that Hunter will miss meetings to accommodate both tasks.
—Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 27 Feb. 2025
So, Old Trafford staff outside the playing team and coaches have every right to feel annoyed that they are being made to pay for the lack of profitability.
—Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
Verb
Local businesspeople and farmers, annoyed by an expensive and unreliable electricity supply and lured by cheap Chinese solar panels, were covering the roofs of homes, factories, and stores with photovoltaic arrays.
—Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2024
But the judge also rules against Jacobson-Moore because she’s annoyed by Matlock being Matlock.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 12 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for annoyed
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Key Ingredients: Ginger root, frankincense, grape, walnut Best For: Anyone who has an easily irritated scalp, but doesn’t want to miss out on the suds.—
Arden Fanning Andrews,
Vogue,
4 Mar. 2025
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This spot serum is packed with bija seed oil and salicylic acid to target blemishes and calm irritated skin.—
Maria Correa,
Miami Herald,
3 Mar. 2025
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With the exception of the Russell 2000, which gained 1%, none of the major indices bothered to get out of bed the day after Christmas.—
JJ Kinahan,
Forbes,
27 Dec. 2024
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The technology behind an LLM is sufficiently advanced because the people using it have not bothered to understand it.—
Elizabeth Lopatto,
The Verge,
23 Dec. 2024
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More than once, Mariana emits an exasperated scream that goes on and on and on, almost like an operatic aria.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
19 Mar. 2025
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Wihan is summoned by an exasperated captain to the bridge.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
10 Mar. 2025
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In 2018, Ryan Odom led UMBC to the first ever No. 16 upset of a No. 1 in the NCAA Tournament.—
Adam Zagoria,
Forbes,
22 Mar. 2025
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Give me the Bulldogs to pull the biggest upset of the second round.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
22 Mar. 2025
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People who were paying close attention to certain corners of the internet saw this reality coming more than a decade ago in Gamergate, in which an angry online mob waged a virulent harassment campaign against women and diversity in the video game industry.—
Harmeet Kaur,
CNN,
23 Mar. 2025
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Republican members meet angry crowds The vast majority of Republican lawmakers have cheered on the changes to the federal government spearheaded by Trump's advisor, billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, under the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) project.—
Riley Beggin,
USA TODAY,
22 Mar. 2025
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However, salt damage incurred in the 1970s due to the installation of a heated concrete slab, which aggravated the salt stored in the 18th and 19th centuries, threatened the church’s structural integrity.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Jan. 2025
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Prior to the game, Mosley said Gary Harris, who missed Friday’s game, re-aggravated his left hamstring strain against the Pistons.—
Jason Beede,
Orlando Sentinel,
4 Jan. 2025
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“Annoyed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/annoyed. Accessed 29 Mar. 2025.
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