annoy

Definition for annoy

verb as in irritate, upset

Strongest matches

agitate, bore, bother, displease, disturb, exasperate, fire up, gall, irk, peeve, perturb, rile, trouble, turn off, vex, worry

Strong matches

abrade, badger, bedevil, beleaguer, break, bug, chafe, distress, get, gnaw, harass, harry, madden, miff, nag, needle, nettle, nudge, pester, plague, provoke, ride, ruffle, tease

Weak matches

T-off, ask for it, be at, be on the back of, burn up, egg on, heat up, henpeck, hit where one lives, make waves, push button, tick off, work on

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"To tailor an old adage: if you try to annoy nobody you don't excite anybody," is how he puts it.

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Speaking on BBC Radio 4s Today programme Polanski said Ali was right to apologise, but he would "defend his right to be annoyed and upset by what is happening in Palestine".

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"It was good for it to have a name but annoying that it was stopping us from having a baby."

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McIlroy added that he would be "annoyed" if he was an American at the level of support directed towards the home players.

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I explained that I was now locked out of the BBC and was annoyed.

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