ANNOYANCE


Meaning of ANNOYANCE in English

noun

1.

the act of annoying

devoted himself to the annoyance of his patient wife

Synonyms: bothering, harassment, irking, provocation, provoking, vexation, vexing

Related Word: pestering, teasing

2.

the state or feeling of being annoyed

her annoyance increased as he continued to pester her

Synonyms: aggravation, bother, botheration, exasperation, pother

Related Word: anger, indignation, ire, wrath; aversion, repugnance, repulsion, revulsion; disgust, dislike, distaste

Contrasted words: appreciation, enjoyment, liking, pleasure

3.

something that causes an annoyed state or feeling

his constant baiting was an annoyance to her

Synonyms: besetment, bother, botheration, botherment, exasperation, irritant, nuisance, pest, pester, ||pesterment, plague

Related Word: affliction, aggravation, distress, provocation, trial; riding

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