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Annoy əˈnɔɪ Beginning Verb Constant Joking I’m I

Word3 annoy
WordType (verb)
Phonetic /əˈnɔɪ/ /əˈnɔɪ/
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  • his constant joking was beginning to annoy her.
  • i’m sure she does it just to annoy me.
  • i only stay out late to annoy my parents.
  • it really annoys me when people forget to say thank you.
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annoy

(verb)/əˈnɔɪ/ /əˈnɔɪ/

    Verb Forms

  1. to make somebody slightly angry
    • SYNONYM irritate
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/irritate
    • His constant joking was beginning to annoy her.
    • I’m sure she does it just to annoy me.
    • I only stay out late to annoy my parents.
    • It really annoys me when people forget to say thank you.
    • It annoys me to see him getting ahead of me.
  2. to make somebody uncomfortable or unable to relax
    • SYNONYM bother
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/bother_2
    • He swatted a fly that was annoying him.
    • The wasps were beginning to annoy me.

    Word Origin

    • Middle English (in the sense ‘be hateful to’): from Old French anoier (verb), anoi (noun), based on Latin in odio in the phrase mihi in odio est ‘it is hateful to me’.
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