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Definition: Annoyed |
AnnoyedAdjective1. Aroused to impatience or anger; "made an irritated gesture"; "feeling nettled from the constant teasing"; "peeved about being left out"; "felt really pissed at her snootiness"; "riled no end by his lies"; "roiled by the delay". 2. Troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances; "harassed working mothers"; "a harried expression"; "her poor pestered father had to endure her constant interruptions"; "the vexed parents of an unruly teenager". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "annoyed" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references) |
Synonyms: AnnoyedSynonyms: harassed (adj), harried (adj), irritated (adj), miffed (adj), nettled (adj), peeved (adj), pestered (adj), pissed (adj), riled (adj), roiled (adj), steamed (adj), stung (adj), vexed (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Annoyed |
| English words defined with "annoyed": annoyance, annoying ♦ become, bothersome, bureaucratic, bureaucratically ♦ cranky ♦ displeasure ♦ exasperated ♦ fractious ♦ galling, get, go ♦ interpretation, interpreting, irritable, irritating, irritation ♦ miff ♦ nettlesome ♦ peckish, peeve, peevish, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, pettish, petulant, plaguey, plaguy ♦ rendering, rendition ♦ shirty, snorty, Spleened ♦ teasing, techy, testy, tetchy ♦ vexation, vexatious, vexing ♦ walk away, walk off. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "annoyed": Achor ♦ Back and Edge, Boof Boof, Briseis ♦ Charity, Cork ♦ Fight ♦ Geese, Grumbo, Gun ♦ hacked off, Handcuffs, Hock-day ♦ muddie ♦ Newspaper Reporter ♦ Pest ♦ Shot, spam bait, Squinting, Stimulants of Great Men ♦ Ticks. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Almost means, thanks to the Tick, she went home annoyed at 10pm (The Tick; writing credit: Larry Charles; Lon Diamond) | |
Lyrics | Oh boy we 'bout to make a lot of people annoyed (If I Could Go; performing artist: Angie Martinez) | |
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| "Snowy Gargoyle" by Paige Foster Commentary: "A little gargoyle that I keep with the container garden on my balcony. I thought he looked rather annoyed with the snow. <g>." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
| Play | Caption |
| Annoyed monkey screaming. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Sylvie and Bruno Concluded | Carroll, Lewis | The Professor looked annoyed, and shut up his notebook again |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | It annoyed him. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
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Business | Cefarm Warsaw, for instance, is creating a new image for its chain of 60 pharmacies with a new name “Apteka 2000” (Pharmacy 2000). Retail pharmacists rely on pharmaceutical companies to keep them informed about new drugs, and, although they are becoming annoyed at the ever-increasing number of medical representatives visiting them, they depend on them for information. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
John Adams | 1797-1801 | Our sea coasts, from their great extent, are more easily annoyed and more easily defended by a naval force than any other. |
James Monroe | 1817-1825 | This enterprise has been marked in a more signal manner by all the objectionable circumstances which characterized the other, and more particularly by the equipment of privateers which have annoyed our commerce, and by smuggling. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Annoyed" is generally used as a lexical verb (past participle) -- approximately 39.61% of the time. "Annoyed" is used about 721 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 39.61% | 286 | 17,222 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 30.06% | 217 | 20,530 |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 28.95% | 209 | 21,011 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.39% | 10 | 111,207 |
| Total | 100.00% | 721 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "annoyed": be annoyed ♦ become annoyed ♦ get annoyed. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "annoyed": half-annoyed. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
annoyed | 9 |
annoyed i m | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "annoyed"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | i mërzitur (blue, bored, creepy, disgruntled, dissatisfied, down-hearted, fed up, gloomily, gloomy, long-spun, moldy, monotone, monotonous, mouldy, pained), i inatosur (angry, crusty, enraged, mad, rambunctious, rampageous). (various references) | |
Arabic | منزعج (disturbed, irritated, upset), متكدر (vexed), متضايق (uncomfortable, uneasy). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | раздразнен (disgruntled, excited, ill-humored, ill-humoured, peeved, raspy, roily, rusty, snuffy, teed off). (various references) | |
Chinese | 窩囊 (pointless; asinine), 懊惱 (upset, vexed), 懊恼 (Annoy, Annoying). (various references) | |
Czech | otrávený (bored, cheesed-off, envenomed, fed up, frustrated, peeved, poisoned, poisonous), nazlobený, naštvaný (fed up). (various references) | |
Finnish | vihainen (angered, angry, mad), suuttunut (angry, mad). (various references) | |
French | agacé, mécontent, irrité, fâché (angry), ennuyai, ennuyés, ennuyé, ennuyâmes, ennuya, dérangé, contrarié, énervé. (various references) | |
German | verärgert (angrily, angry, crossly, disgruntles, peeved, piqued, shirty, sore, vexed), ärgerte (chagrined, exasperated, huffed, irked, riled, vexed). (various references) | |
Greek | ενοχλημένος για (annoyed about). (various references) | |
Hebrew | ממורר (embittered), מרוגז (angry, irate), זח (vexed), נרגז (angry, enraged, irritable). (various references) | |
Hungarian | mérges (angry, be angry, cross, fretful, furious, poisonous, ratty, savage, stroppy, stuffy, surly, to be choked, to be in a bad temper, to be miffed, venenous, wrathful), bosszús (angry, fretful, harassed, pettish, resentful, to be choked). (various references) | |
Indonesian | anyal (pervish, resentful), pegal (fed up, painful, stiff, weariness, weary), menjengkelkan (aggravate, annoy, exasperate, irksome), kesal (cross, dejected, fed up, peevish, piqued), keki (ill at ease, irritated, resentful), jengkel (peevish). (various references) | |
Italian | stizzito (angry, fretful, irritating), seccato (bothered, fed up, sore), irritato (hackles up, worked up), infastidito. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 煩がる (to feel annoyed at), 煩さがる (to feel annoyed at), 大弱り (very much annoyed), 仕方無い (be annoyed, be impatient, can't stand it, it can't be helped, it's inevitable, it's no use), 仕方が無い (being annoyed, being impatient, can't stand it, it can't be helped, it's inevitable, it's no use), 仕方がない (being annoyed, being impatient, can't stand it, it can't be helped, it's inevitable, it's no use), 仕方ない (be annoyed, be impatient, can't stand it, it can't be helped, it's inevitable, it's no use), 仕方の無い (be annoyed, be impatient, can't stand it, it can't be helped, it's inevitable, it's no use), 仕方のない (be annoyed, be impatient, can't stand it, it can't be helped, it's inevitable, it's no use), 参る (to be annoyed, to be defeated, to be madly in love, to be nonplussed, to call, to collapse, to come, to die, to go, to visit). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | おおよわり (very much annoyed), しかたがない (being annoyed, being impatient, can't stand it, it can't be helped, it's inevitable, it's no use), しかたない (be annoyed, be impatient, can't stand it, it can't be helped, it's inevitable, it's no use), しかたのない (be annoyed, be impatient, can't stand it, it can't be helped, it's inevitable, it's no use), まいる (to be annoyed, to be defeated, to be madly in love, to be nonplussed, to call, to collapse, to come, to die, to go, to visit), うるさがる (to feel annoyed at). (various references) | |
Korean | 괴롭히는 (Afflicted, Ailed, Badgered, bugged, Distressed, Plagued). (various references) | |
Manx | sneeuit (piqued, spun), jymmoosit, fargit, currit ass (cancelled, deprived), corree (anger, angry, ire), anveaghit (disturbed, perplexed). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | annoyeday.(various references) | |
Portuguese | aborrecido (beastly, boring, bothersome, damnable, disgusted, drab, dreary, dull, dullish, grouchy, horrid, irksome, jaded, meddler, morose, mumpish, outworn, pernickety, pesky, prose, provoking, soporific, stodgy, sulky, tedious, tired, tiresome, tiring, troublesome, unpleasant, vexed, vexing, wearisome, weary, worn-out, worried, worrisome), molestado. (various references) | |
Romanian | contrariat (upset, vexed). (various references) | |
Russian | раздраженный (angry, cranky, cross, disgruntled, hot, on edge, peeved, shirty, warm). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | uzbuđen (agog, astir, excited, overwrought, wrought up). (various references) | |
Spanish | irritado (irked, irritated, spleenful, testy), fastidiado (importuned, irked, ruined), enojoso (aggravating, angry, annoying, fretful, irritating), curcuncho (hunchbacked), contrariado (disgruntled). (various references) | |
Swedish | förargad (shirty, vexed). (various references) | |
Thai | ที่รำคาญ. (various references) | |
Turkish | sinirlenmiş, rahatsız olmuş, kızgın (angry, angry with, ardent, baking, black, boiling, cross, dyspeptic, fervent, fierce, fiery, flaming, frowning, furious, glowing, hot, hot-blooded, huffy, in a glow, in a pet, in a tiff, incensed, indignant, indignantly, inflamed, irate, ireful, mad, pissed off, red-hot, snappish, sore, vexed, wild, wroth). (various references) | |
Turkmen | hyrsyсy diюlemek (be annoyed, vexed). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | розсерджений, роздратований (aggravated, angry, bad tempered, disgruntled, edgy, exasperated, huffy, irritated, nasty, peeved, querulous, shirty, vexed), невдоволений (acidulated, acidulous, discontented, disgruntled, malcontent, non-content, sorehead). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | khó chịu (accursed, accurst, beastly, colour, devil, disagreeable, displeasing, distasteful, incommodious, nasty, noisome, obnoxious, obtrusive, plaguesome, queer, tiresome, unacceptable, unpleasant, unpleasing, vile, vinegar), bực mình bị quấy rầy, bị trái ý, bị phiền hà. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | 2 Corinthians Chapter 4, Verse 8 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | En panti qlibomenoi all ou stenocwroumenoi aporoumenoi all ouk exaporoumenoi |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | In omnibus tribulationem patimur sed non angustiamur aporiamur sed non destituimur |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | In alle thingis we suffren tribulacioun, but we ben not angwischid, or annoyed; we ben maad pore, but `we lacken nothing; we suffren persecucioun, |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | We are troubled on every side yet are we not with out shyft. We are in povertie: but not vtterly without somwhat. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Troubles are round us on every side, but we are not shut in; things are hard for us, but we see a way out of them; |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | 2 Corinthians Chapter 4, Verse 8 |
| Cebuano | ¶ Kami ginasakit sa tanang paagi, apan wala manghiubos; nangalibog, apan wala kawad-i sa paglaum; |
| Croatian | U svemu pritisnuti, ali ne pritiješnjeni; dvoumeæi, ali ne zdvajajuæi; |
| Danish | vi, som trænges på alle Måder, men ikke stænges inde, ere tvivlrådige, men ikke fortvivlede, |
| Dutch | Als die in alles verdrukt worden, doch niet benauwd; twijfelmoedig, doch niet mismoedig; |
| Finnish | Me olemme kaikin tavoin ahdingossa, mutta emme umpikujassa, neuvottomat, mutta emme toivottomat, |
| French | Nous sommes pressés de toute manière, mais non réduits à l`extrémité; dans la détresse, mais non dans le désespoir; |
| German | Wir haben allenthalben Trübsal, aber wir ängsten uns nicht; uns ist bange, aber wir verzagen nicht; |
| Haitian Creole | ¶ Mwen jwenn tout kalite fikilte; men, mwen pa janm kwense nèt. Mwen konn rive nan sitiyasyon mwen pa konn ni sa pou m' fè, ni sa pou m' di. Men, mwen pa janm pèdi espwa. |
| Hungarian | Mindenütt nyomorgattatunk, de meg nem szoríttatunk; kétségeskedünk, de nem esünk kétségbe; |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Kami diserang dari segala pihak, namun kami tidak terjepit. Kami kebingungan, tetapi tidak sampai putus asa. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka kami disesakkan di dalam segala sesuatu, tetapi tiada terapit; kami bimbang hati, tetapi tiada putus harap; |
| Italian | Siamo infatti tribolati da ogni parte, ma non schiacciati; siamo sconvolti, ma non disperati; |
| Latvian | No visurienes mçs cieðam apspieðanu, bet neesam nomâkti; esam trûkumâ, bet neesam izmisuði. |
| Maori | ¶ E akina ana matou i nga taha katoa, heoi kahore e pau te whakaaro; e raruraru ana, heoi kahore e ngakaukore; |
| Norwegian | idet vi alltid er i trengsel, men ikke kuet, tvilende, men ikke mistvilende, |
| Portuguese | Em tudo somos atribulados, mas não angustiados; perplexos, mas não desesperados; |
| Rumanian | Skntem kncolyiyi kn toate chipurile, dar nu la strkmtoare; kn grea cumpqnq, dar nu desnqdqjduiyi; |
| Russian | нЩ ПФПЧУАДХ РТЙФЕУОСЕНЩ, ОП ОЕ УФЕУОЕОЩ; НЩ Ч ПФЮБСООЩИ ПВУФПСФЕМШУФЧБИ, ОП ОЕ ПФЮБЙЧБЕНУС; |
| Shuar | ¶ Tuma asamtai ii itiurchatri árentmaku árinin tuke jiinkimniaitji. "Itiurkatjik" taji, Túrasha Yus Yáinmaji. |
| Spanish | Estamos atribulados en todo, pero no angustiados; perplejos, pero no desesperados; |
| Swahili | Daima twapata taabu, lakini hatugandamizwi; twapata mashaka, lakini hatukati tamaa; |
| Swedish | Vi äro på allt sätt i trångmål, dock icke utan utväg; vi äro rådvilla, dock icke rådlösa; |
| Uma | ¶ Ngki'ii ngka'ana narumpa' -kai kaparia, aga uma-kai te'upi'. Pontu-na tuhu-mi nono-kai, aga uma mere' nono-kai. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Misspellings | |
"Annoyed" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: annoied, annoped, annoted, annoya, anoyed, Nanuoya. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: anodyne. | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-n-n-o-y" | |
-1 letter: anyone, noyade. | |
-2 letters: annoy, anode, donna, donne, doyen. | |
-3 letters: aeon, anon, dean, deny, dona, done, dyne, neon, node, nona, none, odea, yean, yond. | |
-4 letters: ado, and, ane, any, aye, day, den, dey, doe, don, dye, end, eon, nae, nan, nay, nod, ode, one, yea, yen, yod, yon. | |
-5 letters: ad, ae, an, ay, de, do, ed. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-n-n-o-y" | |
+1 letter: anodynes. | |
+2 letters: androgyne, asyndeton, nonsteady. | |
+3 letters: androgynes, asyndetons. | |
+4 letters: androgynies, handyperson. | |
+5 letters: condemnatory, denunciatory, handypersons, inordinately, oleandomycin, openhandedly, predominancy, unhandsomely, unoxygenated. | |
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