Annoy

  • 21annoy the pants off someone — bore/annoy/scare/etc the pants off someone informal phrase to make someone feel very bored, annoyed, scared etc Opera bores the pants off him. Thesaurus: to make someone feel a particular emotion or strong emotionssynonym …

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  • 22annoy — annoyer, n. /euh noy /, v.t. 1. to disturb or bother (a person) in a way that displeases, troubles, or slightly irritates. 2. to molest; harm. v.i. 3. to be bothersome or troublesome. n. 4. Archaic. an annoyance. [1250 1300; (v.) ME an(n)oien,… …

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  • 23annoy — Synonyms and related words: abrade, agent provocateur, aggravate, agitate, amplify, arouse, augment, awake, awaken, badger, bait, be at, bedevil, beleaguer, beset, blow the coals, blow up, bother, bristle, brown off, bug, build up, bullyrag, burn …

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  • 24annoy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. vex, tease, harass, disturb, molest, trouble, bother, irritate, pain, peeve (inf.). See malevolence. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. pester, irritate, harass, disturb; see bother 2 , 3 . See Synonym Study at… …

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  • 25annoy — an|noy S3 [əˈnɔı] v [T] [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: enuier, from Latin inodiare, from odium; ODIOUS] to make someone feel slightly angry and unhappy about something = ↑irritate ▪ What annoyed him most was that he had received no… …

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  • 26annoy — an|noy [ ə nɔı ] verb transitive ** to make someone feel slightly angry or impatient: IRRITATE: I don t dislike her, but she just annoys me sometimes. It annoyed her to think that she had trusted him. it annoys someone that/when/how etc.: It… …

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  • 27annoy — v. a. RG. 420, 487; part. annuid. RG. 550 sb. [anuy]. 1618 B …

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  • 28annoy — an·noy || É™ nɔɪ v. bother, harass, irritate …

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  • 29annoy vt — noise n …

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  • 30annoy — verb 1》 make slightly angry. 2》 archaic harm or attack repeatedly. Derivatives annoyance noun annoyer noun annoying adjective annoyingly adverb Origin ME: from OFr. anoier (v.), anoi (n.), based on L. in odio in th …

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