noun
1 feeling of being annoyed
ADJECTIVE
▪ great , intense
▪
A look of intense ~ crossed his face.
▪ obvious
▪
She tapped the table with her pen in obvious ~.
▪ mild , slight
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He had a look of mild ~ on his face.
▪ mock
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She rolled her eyes in mock ~.
▪ pure , sheer , utter
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He wore an expression of pure ~.
… OF ANNOYANCE
▪ flicker
▪
A flicker of ~ crossed his face.
VERB + ANNOYANCE
▪ cause
▪
He had been causing ~ to the other guests.
▪ feel
▪
I felt some ~ when he told me his plans.
▪ express , show
▪
She tried not to show her ~.
▪ hide
PREPOSITION
▪ in ~
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He shook his head in ~.
▪ with ~
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Her cheeks flushed with ~.
▪ ~ at , ~ over , ~ with
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her ~ with him over his failure to cooperate
PHRASES
▪ a look of ~
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There was a look of ~ on his face.
▪ to sb's ~ , much to sb's ~
▪
I dropped out of college, much to the ~ of my parents.
2 thing that annoys
ADJECTIVE
▪ minor , petty
▪
A leaking roof is just one of life's petty ~s.