annoy
verb[T]
uk/əˈnɔɪ/us/əˈnɔɪ/B1
to make someoneangry:
烦扰；打搅；使烦恼Tina really annoyed me in themeetingthismorning.在今天上午的会上，蒂娜真是把我气坏了。
I'msorry- is mycoughannoying you?对不起，我咳嗽打扰你了吧？
[+ that]Itannoys methatshe justexpectsus tohelp.她只是眼巴巴地盼着我们去帮她，我真是气得慌。
Itreally annoys me whenpeopleexpectme totipas well aspayaservicechargein arestaurant.在饭店里，付了服务费后他们还想要小费，这很让我恼火。
Synonyms
bother
irritate
nark(ANNOY)UKslangold-fashioned
nettlemainlyUK
rileinformal
vexold-fashioned
to annoy someone
- annoyIt annoys me that you're always late.
- botherIt bothers me that you don't help with the washing up.
- irritateAfter a while her behaviour really began to irritate me.
- peeveWhat peeved her most was that he hadn't even called her.
- bugHe's been bugging me all morning.
- aggravateIt really aggravates me the way he never thanks me for what I've done.
to make someone angry
- angerIt angers me that governments never do anything to eradicate the problem.
- infuriateIt infuriates me to hear of drug use in any sport.
- make your blood boilIt still makes my blood boil to think of all the time we wasted on this
- annoyHe asked her to move more quickly, which annoyed her.
- irritateI'm the only one who talks to him, and that irritates me.
- frustrateIt really frustrates me that I can't do things for myself.
- I'msurehe says these thingsdeliberatelyto annoy you.
- It really annoys me whenpeoplepushinfrontof me like that.
- They wereafraidtocomplainabout thenoiseincasethey annoyed theneighbours.
- Thefilmportrayedtheartistas acompletedrunk, which has annoyed a lot ofpeople.
- After a while hercoughingreallybeganto annoy me.
Causing feelings of anger and displeasure
- aggravate
- aggrieve
- alienate
- anger
- annoyance
- bend
- givesomeonethe shitsidiom
- go too faridiom
- goat
- grate
- hacksomeoneoff
- joke
- nark
- nose
- rubsomeoneup the wrong wayidiom
- ruffle
- rufflesomeone'sfeathersidiom
- setsomeone'steeth on edgeidiom
- step/tread onsomeone'stoesidiom
- tit