Thesaurus / annoy
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Many will be shamed into apology, who would annoy you for hours, if you encouraged them by acts of rudeness on your own part.
THE LADIES' BOOK OF ETIQUETTE, AND MANUAL OF POLITENESSFLORENCE HARTLEYSomething had happened to disappoint and annoy them—that much he could gather from their gestures and impassioned speech.
THE RED YEARLOUIS TRACYYou will probably cause utter confusion in the set, annoy the others forming it, and make yourself appear absurd.
THE LADIES' BOOK OF ETIQUETTE, AND MANUAL OF POLITENESSFLORENCE HARTLEYThere is a distinction also between acts that annoy and those that injure adjoining property.
PUTNAM'S HANDY LAW BOOK FOR THE LAYMANALBERT SIDNEY BOLLESThey don't know when to stop talking about it, they really annoy one with extravagant praises of them.
THE CONDITION, ELEVATION, EMIGRATION, AND DESTINY OF THE COLORED PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATESMARTIN R. DELANYLet each one be allowed to think as he chooses, but let him not be allowed to annoy others for their mode of thinking.
SUPERSTITION IN ALL AGES (1732)JEAN MESLIERThese things need not annoy a speaker; yet they are conditions which must be obeyed by a writer.
ENGLISH: COMPOSITION AND LITERATUREW. F. (WILLIAM FRANKLIN) WEBSTERIf I understand you rightly, monsieur, you have decided to rid yourself of persons who annoy you or displease you?
THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS: ENVY AND INDOLENCEEUGNE SUEBut let me tell you and your hero, that if any of you dare to annoy or lift a finger at me again, you shall do it at your peril.
ERIC, OR LITTLE BY LITTLEFREDERIC W. FARRARThat is more than I know, madame; but this much is certain, this tenant is not likely to annoy you in any way.
THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS: ENVY AND INDOLENCEEUGNE SUEWORDS RELATED TO ANNOY
- annoy
- bore
- burden
- cause ennui
- cloy
- debilitate
- depress
- disgust
- dishearten
- distress
- drain
- droop
- drowse
- enervate
- enfeeble
- exasperate
- exhaust
- fade
- fag
- fail
- fall off
- fatigue
- flag
- glut
- grow tired
- harass
- have had enough
- irk
- jade
- leave one cold
- lose interest
- make discontented
- nauseate
- oppress
- overwork
- pain
- plague
- sap
- sicken
- sink
- strain
- take it out of
- tax
- tire
- tire out
- try the patience of
- tucker out
- vex
- weaken
- wear down
- wear out
- weigh
- abraded
- became threadbare
- became worn
- chafed
- consumed
- crumbled
- cut down
- decayed
- declined
- decreased
- deteriorated
- diminished
- drained
- dwindled
- eroded
- exhausted
- faded
- fatigued
- frayed
- galled
- grazed
- ground
- impaired
- jaded
- overused
- overworked
- rubbed
- scraped
- scraped off
- scuffed
- shrank
- taxed
- tired
- used up
- was worthless
- washed away
- wasted
- wearied
- weathered
- went to seed
- wore out
- wore thin
- afflicts
- aggrieves
- agonizes
- ails
- annoys
- attacks
- bedevils
- beleaguers
- besets
- bites one's nails
- bothers
- broods
- bugs
- chafes
- concern oneself
- depresses
- despairs
- disquiets
- distresses
- disturbs
- duns
- feels uneasy
- frets
- gnaws at
- goads
- goes for
- harasses
- harries
- has qualms
- hassles
- hectors
- importunes
- irritates
- needles
- oppresses
- persecutes
- perturbs
- pesters
- plagues
- stews
- sweats out
- takes on
- tantalizes
- tears
- teases
- tests
- torments
- tortures
- tries
- troubles
- unsettles
- upsets
- vexes
- winces
- writhes
- wrongs
- afflict
- aggrieve
- agonize
- ail
- annoy
- attack
- bedevil
- beleaguer
- beset
- bite one's nails
- bother
- brood
- bug
- chafe
- concern oneself
- depress
- despair
- disquiet
- distress
- disturb
- dun
- feel uneasy
- fret
- gnaw at
- go for
- goad
- harass
- harry
- hassle
- have qualms
- hector
- importune
- irritate
- needle
- oppress
- persecute
- perturb
- pester
- plague
- stew
- sweat out
- take on
- tantalize
- tear
- tease
- test
- torment
- torture
- trouble
- try
- unsettle
- upset
- vex
- wince
- writhe
- wrong
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