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/əˈnoɪ̯/ · verb
(transitive) To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to bother with unpleasant deeds..
Marc loved his sister, but when she annoyed him he wanted to switch her off.
Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings, / This painted child of dirt that stinks and stings; / Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, / Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'r enjoys.
You Klaestrons are allies of the Cardassians; your knowledge of the station confirms that they must have given you the layouts. Which not only compromises Bajoran security, but also... annoys us.
In America alone, people spent $170 billion on “direct marketing”—junk mail of both the physical and electronic varieties—last year. Yet of those who received unsolicited adverts through the post, only 3% bought anything as a result. If the bumf arrived electronically, the take-up rate was 0.1%. And for online adverts the “conversion” into sales was a minuscule 0.01%. That means about $165 billion was spent not on drumming up business, but on annoying people, creating landfill and cluttering spam filters.
to annoy an army by impeding its march, or by a cannonade
tapers put into lanterns or sconces of several-coloured, oiled paper, that the wind might not annoy them
Say, what can more our tortured souls annoy / Than to behold, admire, and lose our joy?
VVe that ſuffer long anoy / Are contented vvith a thought / Through an idle fancie vvrought / O let my ioyes have ſome abiding.
Use annoy when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Annoy means (transitive) To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to bother with unpleasant deeds..
Common synonyms include aggravate, annoy, nettle, rankle.
Possible antonyms include comfort, please, soothe.
Marc loved his sister, but when she annoyed him he wanted to switch her off.
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