annoy
[əˈnɔɪ]
Definition:
1. To make somebody uncomfortable or unable to relax.
2. To make somebody slightly angry.
Use 'annoy' in a sentence:
- 1. Sometimes you might annoy people because you’re so confident.
- 2. This may annoy the others, but they can hardly stop it.
- 3. Does it annoy you if others do things less well than you would, or don't seem to try hard enough?
- 4. There were two problems: one that could be solved then and there and another that would continue to annoy me.
- 5. 'I'll never, never do anything to worry or annoy Father,' she promised.
- 6. Delight and satisfy your visitors, rather than frustrate and annoy them, with smart design decisions.
- 7. I am annoyed at those who refer to just the more affluent areas, not the town as a whole.
- 8. If you're annoying folks, you'll essentially cease to exist, as those you annoy drop you off the grid.
- 9. This kind of thing happens sometimes, but I was annoyed with myself for handling it badly.
- 10. If you annoy me much more, I'll box your ears.
- 11. It just annoyed me to hear him going on.
- 12. It always annoys me when network producers tease with a slant that contradicts the substance of the piece.
- 13. He swatted a fly that was annoying him.
- 14. It annoys me to see him getting ahead of me.
- 15. It really annoys me when people forget to say thank you.
- 16. I was annoyed at him: he didn't know what was going on and had no business interfering.
- 17. The people move slowly enough to annoy me but quickly enough to disorient me.
- 18. Try making a note of the things that annoy you.