verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
an annoying/unpleasant/nasty habit
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He had the unpleasant habit of eating with his mouth open.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
most
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Mark Andrews, for instance, was asked what was Adrian Garvey's most annoying habit.
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Probably most annoying was the opportunity grabbed by many celebrities to lash out at the tabloids and the paparazzi.
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It is most annoying to have unintelligible chattering somewhere behind you whilst watching the fish or beating the eggs.
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Most annoying about the book is the pacing.
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Of all the Snow Freaks, it is the skiers who are the most annoying by far.
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Until recently, I was convinced that the most annoying musical instrument on earth was the accordion.
really
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I was really annoyed but she kept refusing.
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But the kids were really annoyed with it.
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For some reason this really annoyed her.
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And what really annoyed me was that he never drank and certainly didn't go a bundle on gambling.
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But the adverts that really annoy me are not so much the ones aimed at women but the ones aimed at men.
so
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She'd split up with her boyfriend and he was so annoyed he sent a tape he'd made to the press.
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I once worked at a partnership where management meetings were so annoying that the administrator had to bribe partners into attending.
very
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Also I could hear irony in his tone and I thought that for some reason he was very annoyed indeed.
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They never used any of their own culture, and I always found that very , very annoying .
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Inspector was very annoyed if you didn't say that you were aware of it when he read things out.
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He had been very annoyed at being left behind.
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We are very annoyed about this because the matter was closed.
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It can be very annoying when you are wanting to hurry, chasing the cattle up a hill or something.
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But Ed was very annoyed when Martinez negotiated the Supersight deal for Harley.
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I had a note from Malcolm Harris who was out front and was very annoyed about it.
■ VERB
become
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There is sometimes overlap, but never to an extent that it becomes annoying .
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Then he became something closer to annoyed .
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Once the pain persisted, it became annoying .
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Scientology is a cereal-box religion, and reading Ron is an idle diversion that quickly becomes annoying .
get
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Although it would be nice to see some one apart from Strach get annoyed on the pitch every now and then.
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I keep thinking about this and get more and more annoyed .
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That would get him annoyed and we d all end up fighting.
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Their combined din, after a few hours, got to be annoying .
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I shouted at Augie enough times to get him annoyed and angry too.
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And believe me, after a while all those little bumps and hills get annoying .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Are you doing that just to annoy me?
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Brian talks to me like a child, which really annoys me.
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I find it annoying when people eat smelly foods on public transport.
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It annoys me that Kim never returns the books she borrows.
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Jane's constant chatter was beginning to annoy me.
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The neighbor's kid walks across our lawn just to annoy us.
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The only reason she went out with Charles was to annoy her parents.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But even to be asked annoyed her.
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Gina was annoyed by his jogging, though, that was one comfort.
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His voice had a slight tremor, and that annoyed him, but they didn't seem to notice.
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Quite enough to annoy anybody, Nicandra thought.