Annoyance

An-noy′ance

,

Noun.

[OF.

anoiance

,

anuiance

.]

1.

The act of annoying, or the state of being annoyed; molestation; vexation; annoy.

A deep clay, giving much

annoyance

to passengers.

Fuller.

For the further

annoyance

and terror of any besieged place, they would throw into it dead bodies.

Wilkins.

2.

That which annoys.

A grain, a dust, a gnat, a wandering hair,
Any

annoyance

in that precious sense.

Shakespeare

Annoyance

ANNOY'ANCE

,

Noun.

That which annoys, or injures; the act of annoying; the state of being annoyed. It includes something more than inconvenience.

annoyance

English

Alternative forms

annoyaunce (obsolete)
annoying (obsolete)
annoyment (nonstandard)

Noun

annoyance ‎(countable and uncountable, plural annoyances)

(countable) That which annoys.
(countable) An act or instance of annoying.
(uncountable) The psychological state of being annoyed or irritated.

Synonyms

nark

Translations

that which annoys

Arabic: إِزْعَاج m ‎(ʾizʿāj)
Bengali: জ্বালাতন ‎(jalatôn)
Bulgarian: доса́да (bg) f ‎(dosáda), раздразне́ние (bg) n ‎(razdraznénie)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 煩惱 (zh), 烦恼 (zh) ‎(fánnǎo)
Finnish: riesa (fi), kiusa
French: ennui (fr) m, nuisance (fr) f
German: Ärger (de) m, Ärgernis (de) n
Greek: ενόχληση (el) f ‎(enóchlisi)
Hungarian: bosszúság (hu)

Italian: seccatura (it) f, scocciatura f, fastidio (it) m
Japanese: 迷惑 (ja) ‎(めいわく, meiwaku)
Lojban: fanza (jbo)
Maori: kūrakuraku
Norwegian:

Bokmål: irritasjon m

Nynorsk: irritasjon m
Portuguese: irritação (pt) f
Russian: доса́да (ru) f ‎(dosáda), неприя́тность (ru) f ‎(neprijátnostʹ), ньюснс m ‎(nʹjusns)
Spanish: disgusto (es) m, irritación (es) f, lata (es) f

an act or instance of annoying

Bulgarian: дразне́не (bg) n ‎(draznéne), закачане (bg) n ‎(zakačane)
Finnish: ärsyttäminen (fi)
German: Ärger (de) m

Greek: ενόχληση (el) f ‎(enóchlisi)
Hebrew: הצקה f ‎(hátsáká)
Portuguese: irritação (pt) f
Russian: надоеда́ние (ru) n ‎(nadojedánije)
Spanish: fastidio (es) m

the psychological state of being annoyed or irritated

Bulgarian: раздразне́ние (bg) n ‎(razdraznénie)
Czech: zlost f, zloba f, rozmrzelost f
Finnish: harmitus, keljutus, kenkutus
German: Verärgerung f, Verdruss (de) m
Greek: ενόχληση (el) f ‎(enóchlisi)
Italian: irritazione (it) f, fastidio (it) m
Maori: whanowhanoā

Portuguese: irritação (pt) f
Romanian: enervare (ro) f
Russian: раздраже́ние (ru) n ‎(razdražénije), раздражённость (ru) f ‎(razdražónnostʹ)
Serbo-Croatian: razdraženost (sh)

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Annoyance

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Annoyance

ANNOY'ANCE

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