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English
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Etymology
From Middle English anoyaunce (rare form of noyaunce), from Old French anuiance, anoiance, from the verb anuier (“to cause problems”). Compare French ennui.
Pronunciation
Noun
annoyance (countable and uncountable, plural annoyances)
- (countable) That which annoys.
Having to wait 45 minutes for the bus is a real annoyance, but it's the only way to get to work.
- (countable) An act or instance of annoying.
- (uncountable) The psychological state of being annoyed or irritated.
feeling mild annoyance
2022, Candice Carty-Williams, People Person, Trapeze, page 273:‘I’m not annoyed with you,’ Lizzie said, putting a hand on Dimple’s shoulder. ‘Well, I am. But you’re my sister. So the annoyance is nothing new.’
Synonyms
Translations
the psychological state of being annoyed or irritated
an act or instance of annoying
that which annoys amd cause a status of annoyance
- Arabic: إِزْعَاج m (ʔizʕāj)
- Bengali: জ্বালাতন (bn) (jalatôn)
- Bulgarian: доса́да (bg) f (dosáda), раздразне́ние (bg) n (razdraznénie)
- Catalan: molèstia (ca) f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 煩惱/烦恼 (zh) (fánnǎo)
- Danish: irritationsmoment n
- Dutch: ergernis (nl) f
- Esperanto: agacaĵo, malagrablaĵo
- Finnish: riesa (fi), kiusa (fi)
- French: ennui (fr) m, nuisance (fr) f
- German: Ärger (de) m, Ärgernis (de) n
- Greek: ενόχληση (el) f (enóchlisi)
- Ancient: ὄχλησις f (ókhlēsis), ἀχθηδών f (akhthēdṓn)
- Hungarian: bosszúság (hu)
- Italian: annoiatura f, seccatura (it) f, scocciatura (it) f, fastidio (it) m
- Japanese: 迷惑 (ja) (めいわく, meiwaku)
- Kabuverdianu: ingisu
- Latin: vexātiō f, molestia f
- Malayalam: ശല്യം (ml) (śalyaṁ)
- Maori: kūrakuraku
- Middle English: vexacioun
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: irritasjon m
- Nynorsk: irritasjon m
- Plautdietsch: Ploag f
- Portuguese: irritação (pt) f, pedra no sapato f (slang)
- Russian: доса́да (ru) f (dosáda), неприя́тность (ru) f (neprijátnostʹ), ньюснс m (nʹjusns)
- Spanish: disgusto (es) m, irritación (es) f, lata (es) f, molestia (es) f
- Swedish: irritationsmoment n
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