- making somebody feel slightly angry synonym irritating
- This interruption is very annoying.
- Her most annoying habit was eating with her mouth open.
- It's incredibly annoying, but that's life.
Extra ExamplesTopics Personal qualitiesb1, Feelingsb1- I find her very annoying.
- I found it really annoying not to be able to communicate.
- Please stop making that noise—it's getting annoying.
- The background hum of the fan may be annoying to some users.
- The proposal will probably prove annoying to opposition MPs.
- The annoying thing was that I only had myself to blame.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
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