Meaning

2 senses
  1. (transitive)To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to bother with unpleasant deeds.

    Marc loved his sister, but when she annoyed him he wanted to switch her off.

    ärgern, nerven

    надоеда́тьnadojedátʹ, надое́стьnadojéstʹ, докуча́тьdokučátʹ

    дратуватиdratuvaty

  2. (archaic, transitive)To molest; to harm; to injure.

    to annoy an army by impeding its march, or by a cannonade

    schaden, schädigen, molestieren

More definitions
  • cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations

Examples

1181 sentences
  1. Tom isn't annoying, but Mary is.

    Том не надокучливий, на відміну від Мері.

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  2. This noise is annoying.

    Цей гамір дратує.

    ruЭтот звук раздражает.

    deDieser Lärm stört.

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  3. Am I annoying you?

    Я тебе дратую?

    ruЯ тебя раздражаю?

    deLangweile ich dich?

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  4. Tom is very annoying.

    Том дуже набридливий.

    ruТом очень надоедлив.

    deTom ist sehr lästig.

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  5. That sound is annoying.

    Цей галас дратує.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to disturb or irritate:
Русский
By meaning 1
to disturb or irritate:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to disturb or irritate:
to molest; to harm; to injure:

Origin

From Middle English anoyen, from Old French anoier (“to bother, disturb”), from Late Latin

From Middle English anoyen, from Old French anoier (“to bother, disturb”), from Late Latin inodiāre (“to make loathsome”), derived from Latin odium (“loathing, hatred”). Displaced native Old English dreċċan, gremman.

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Forms

annoys, annoying, annoyed, annoyed
Base formannoy · to annoy
3rd person singularannoys
Present participleannoying
Past simpleannoyed
Past participleannoyed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyannoy
he, she, itannoys

Past simpleLesson

all personsannoyed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave annoyed
he, she, ithas annoyed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill annoy

Synonyms

102 synonyms

Antonyms

3 antonyms

Word family

10 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • was annoyed by
  • really annoying
  • was very annoying
  • a little annoyed
  • was really annoying
  • annoyed by that
  • annoyed by the
  • as annoyed as
  • an an annoying
  • would be annoyed
  • very annoyed with
  • was annoyed with

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
annoy — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto