Annoy Definition

ə-noi

annoyed, annoying, annoys

verb

annoyed, annoying, annoys

To cause irritation to (another); make somewhat angry.

American Heritage

To irritate, bother, or make somewhat angry, as by a repeated action, noise, etc.

Webster's New World

To be annoying.

Webster's New World

To harass or disturb by repeated attacks.

American Heritage

To harm by repeated attacks; harry; molest.

Webster's New World

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noun

(now rare, literary) A feeling of discomfort or vexation caused by what one dislikes.

Wiktionary

(now rare, literary) That which causes such a feeling.

Wiktionary

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Other Word Forms of Annoy

Singular:

annoy

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From Middle English annoien, anoien, enoien, from Anglo-Norman anuier, Old French enuier (“to molest, harm, tire”), from Late Latin inodiō (“cause aversion, make hateful”, vb.), from the phrase in odiō (“hated”), from Latin odium (“hatred”). Displaced native Middle English grillen (“to annoy, irritate”), from Old English grillan (see grill).

From Wiktionary
Middle English anoien from Old French anoier, ennuyer from Vulgar Latin inodiāre to make odious from Latin in odiō odious in in in–² odiō ablative of odium hatred od- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition