English
Etymology
From annoy -ing
Pronunciation
Adjective
annoying (comparative more annoying , superlative most annoying )
Causing irritation or annoyance ; troublesome ; vexatious .
Having flies in your bedroom when you're trying to sleep is really annoying .
Derived terms
Translations
causing irritation or annoyance
Bikol Central: makaurag
Catalan: molest (ca) m
Dutch: vervelend (nl) , irritant (nl) , storend (nl)
East Central German: aarchrlich
Esperanto: ĝena
German: verwirrend (de) , irritierend (de) , lästig (de)
Greek: ενοχλητικός (el) ( enochlitikós )
Hebrew: מעצבן (he)
Interlingua: moleste
Italian: pesante (it) , seccante (it) , scocciante (it) , fastidioso (it) , inopportuno (it) , irritante (it)
Japanese: 煩い (ja) ( うるさい, urusai )
Korean: 성가시다 (ko) ( seonggasida ) , 귀찮다 (ko) ( gwichanta )
Ladino: fastidiozo
Latin: molestus
Macedonian: до́саден ( dósaden )
Middle English: diseseful anoiful irkesom
Polish: irytujący (pl)
Romanian: enervant (ro) , supărător (ro) m or n
Spanish: molesto (es) , fastidioso (es) , hostigoso (es) , molestoso (es) , lacra (es) , lacroso
Turkish: can sıkıcı (tr) , gıcık (tr) ( informal ) , sinir (tr) ( informal ) , kıl (tr) ( person - informal )
Vietnamese: phiền (vi) (煩
Verb
annoying
present participle and gerund of annoy
Synonyms
Translations
causing irritation or annoyance; troublesome; vexatious
Arabic: مُزْعِج ( muzʕij )
Belarusian: раздражня́льны ( razdražnjálʹny ) , абры́длівы ( abrýdlivy ) , даса́дны ( dasádny )
Bulgarian: досаден (bg) m ( dosaden )
Catalan: enutjós enfadós fastijós molest (ca)
Cebuano: samok
Chinese:
Mandarin: 討厭 ／ 讨厌 (zh) ( tǎoyàn ) , 煩人 ／ 烦人 (zh) ( fánrén )
Czech: otravný (cs) m
Danish: irriterende
Dutch: vervelend (nl) , ergerlijk (nl)
Esperanto: agaca
Finnish: ärsyttävä (fi) , närkästyttävä (fi)
French: agaçant (fr) , irritant (fr) , énervant (fr) , ennuyeux (fr) , ennuyant (fr)
Georgian: აბეზარი (ka) ( abezari )
German: ärgerlich (de) , lästig (de) , leidig (de) , verdrießlich (de)
Icelandic: truflandi
Irish: bearránach
Italian: fastidioso (it)
Japanese: うるさい (ja) ( urusai ) , 迷惑 (ja) ( めいわく, meiwaku ) , 面倒 (ja) ( めんどう, mendō )
Kapampangan: makakulami
Korean: 짜증스럽다 (ko) ( jjajeungseureopda )
Latin: molestus
Macedonian: до́саден ( dósaden )
Norman: embêtant
Norwegian: irriterende (no) , plagsom (no) , brysom (no) , enerverende Bokmål: sjenerende
Polish: irytujący (pl) , drażliwy (pl) , upierdliwy (pl) m
Portuguese: irritante (pt) , chato (pt)
Romanian: enervant (ro)
Russian: доса́дный (ru) ( dosádnyj ) , надое́дливый (ru) ( nadojédlivyj ) , раздража́ющий (ru) ( razdražájuščij ) , назо́йливый (ru) ( nazójlivyj ) , доку́чливый (ru) ( dokúčlivyj )
Sicilian: siccanti camurriusu camuriusu
Spanish: molesto (es) , embarazoso (es) , fastidioso (es) , cargante (es) , engorroso (es) , enfadoso (es)
Swedish: irriterande (sv) , dryg (sv) ( youthful ) , förarglig (sv)
Tagalog: nakaaasar nakaiinis nakauurat
Thai: น่ารำคาญ ( nâa-ram-kaan )
Turkish: can sıkıcı (tr) , sinir bozucu sinirlendirici (tr) , rahatsız edici
Ukrainian: дратівли́вий ( drativlývyj ) , доса́дний ( dosádnyj ) , набридливи́й ( nabrydlyvýj )
Welsh: plagus
Noun
annoying (plural annoyings
( rare ) annoyance .
1865 Annals of the American Unitarian Pulpit :[ …] they lose the true spirit of Christianity; and, while their heads are filled with clouds of mysticism, and the smoke of metaphysical nonsense, their hearts are filled with uncharitableness and bitter annoyings .
References
“annoying ”, in The Century Dictionary [ … ] The Century Co. , 1911 , →OCLC “annoying ”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary G. & C. Merriam , 1913 , →OCLC
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