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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
Example Sentences
Findlay said he accepted Burns would be released from prison at some point but he was annoyed by the lack of transparency around a parole process which he said denied victims "the most basic information".
Instead of getting annoyed, he says Barker helped ease his anxiety with a few simple words.
While the loss is annoying, it is relatively small compared with Nvidia’s overall business.
“They do one little thing and say, ‘Oh, it’s interesting,’ and then it does something that annoys them, and they say, ‘Ah, it’s not worth my time.’
"I just wanted to complete my a levels, it was going so well. A lot of other people have been let down. It's very annoying."
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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