- present participle of annoy.
annoying
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Olsen: You kind of touched on this, but the characters on the show, they kind of skirt this line between being endearing and annoying.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2026
I am not even an anti-A.I. maximalist and have found these and dozens more examples to be annoying.
From Slate • Jun. 10, 2026
So if I'm going around and being annoying about it, then I'm pretty quickly not going to have very many friends.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
Vallejo criticised umpire Carvalho for being unable to control the "annoying" and "disrespectful" crowd.
From BBC • May 29, 2026
One more annoying thing to do before he could be alone in his room.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
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