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annoyance

noun as in feeling of being irritated

noun as in source of irritation

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“I accidentally captured some widespread feeling of outrage, exhaustion, annoyance, discontent, hysteria, mania, worry, and the desire for candy,” she writes, explaining why the next day she was making media appearances about it.

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They raised their kids in the Bowl and sometimes bickered over politics and annoyances, as any proper family does.

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And offsetting the show’s modest annoyances is the rare chance to see more than 100 items, some never before displayed, that embody the story of Anne Frank and her family.

Orange County residents spend more time in traffic delays than residents in Los Angeles, according to one regional study, and Orange Countians consistently name traffic as their chief annoyance.

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Like so much of her career, Deen’s plea for forgiveness was outsized and totally singular, so much so that it became fodder to convey the brief intensity of an otherwise banal annoyance.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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