# annoying

/əˈnɔɪɪŋ/ (US) · /ɐnˈɔɪɪŋ/ (UK)

Source: https://englishreference.com/word/annoying
Updated: 2026-06-19

## Senses

### 1. causing irritation

adjective · CEFR B1

making you feel slightly angry, impatient, or bothered.

For teachers: causing a feeling of slight anger or irritation; troublesome or vexatious in nature.

- It is really annoying when the train is late and I miss my meeting.
- The most annoying aspect of the new software is the frequent pop-up notifications that interrupt my workflow every few minutes.

## Examples

- The loud music from the neighbor's house is very annoying.
- It is really annoying when the internet connection drops right in the middle of an important video call.
- While the software update was intended to improve security, the constant pop-up notifications proved so annoying that many users disabled the feature entirely.

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