n. Function: noun
1 the act of annoying FF1C; devoted himself to the annoyance of his patient wife FF1E;
Synonyms: bothering, harassment, irking, provocation, provoking, vexation, vexing
Related Words: pestering, teasing
2 the state or feeling of being annoyed FF1C; her annoyance increased as he continued to pester her FF1E;
Synonyms: aggravation, bother, botheration, exasperation, pother
Related Words: 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 FF1C; his constant baiting was an annoyance to her FF1E;
Synonyms: besetment, bother, botheration, botherment, exasperation, irritant, nuisance, pest, pester, ||pesterment, plague
Related Words: affliction, aggravation, distress, provocation, trial; riding