Annoy əˈnɔɪ Beginning I’m Ahead Verb Bre Constant

• his constant joking was beginning to annoy her.
• it really annoys me when people forget to say thank you.
• i’m sure she does it just to annoy me.
• it annoys me to see him getting ahead of me.

annoy

1. to make somebody slightly angry
• synonym irritate
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/irritate
• His constant joking was beginning to annoy her.
• It really annoys me when people forget to say thank you.
• I’m sure she does it just to annoy me.
• 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_1
• He swatted a fly that was annoying him.

Extra Examples

• I only stay out late to annoy my parents.
• The wasps were beginning to annoy me.
• I’m sure she does it just to annoy me.
• It annoys me to see him getting ahead of me.

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they annoy
• he / she / it annoys
• past simple annoyed
• past participle annoyed
• -ing form annoying

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’.