Thesaurus / annoy
EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB
Won't somebody see what new form of the devil has been sent here to annoy me?
THE SPIRITUALISTS AND THE DETECTIVESALLAN PINKERTON
I was careful not to allow my great discomfort to annoy others.
"I said nothing to annoy Mrs. O'Connor, at any rate," says Mr. Ryde.
ROSSMOYNEUNKNOWN
Psyche saw through his pretences, and knew that he was annoyed, and she hated to annoy him.
THE LAUGHING MILL AND OTHER STORIESJULIAN HAWTHORNE
They had wisely resolved to annoy the Spaniards in their American possessions.
THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND IN THREE VOLUMES, VOL.II.TOBIAS SMOLLETT
But I will not talk of myself, you have enough to annoy and make you miserable, and in nothing can I assist you.
THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT SHELLEY, VOLUME II (OF 2)FLORENCE A. THOMAS MARSHALL
“I want to say nothing to worry or annoy you,” he assured her.
JACOB'S LADDERE. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM
I wish, however, that the wicked were without the power to annoy and hurt good men.
A large, lank, muley or polled cow used to annoy me in this way when I was a dweller in a certain pastoral city.
THE GALAXYVARIOUS
If he should place McDevitt it would be a small but irritating way to annoy Burroughs.
A MAN OF TWO COUNTRIESALICE HARRIMAN
WORDS RELATED TO ANNOY
- animate
- annoy
- arouse
- bully
- coerce
- drive
- encourage
- excite
- exhort
- fire up
- force
- goose
- harass
- hound
- impel
- inspirit
- instigate
- irritate
- key up
- lash
- move
- needle
- press
- prick
- prod
- prompt
- propel
- provoke
- push
- put up to
- rowel
- sic
- sound
- spark
- spur
- stimulate
- sting
- tease
- thrust
- trigger
- turn on
- urge
- whip
- work up
- worry
- animate
- annoy
- arouse
- bully
- coerce
- drive
- encourage
- excite
- exhort
- fire up
- force
- goose
- harass
- hound
- impel
- inspirit
- instigate
- irritate
- key up
- lash
- move
- needle
- press
- prick
- prod
- prompt
- propel
- provoke
- push
- put up to
- rowel
- sic
- sound
- spark
- spur
- stimulate
- sting
- tease
- thrust
- trigger
- turn on
- urge
- whip
- work up
- worry
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