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annoyingcausing irritation or displeasure; troublesome

Part of speech: ADJECTIVE

Definition: causing irritation or displeasure; troublesome

Pronunciation (IPA): /əˈnɔɪɪŋ/

Korean meaning: 짜증나게 하는, 성가신

Korean pronunciation: 어**노이**잉

Example Sentences

  • My brother has this annoying habit of singing in the shower at 6 AM.
  • The most annoying thing about group projects is when someone doesn't do their part.
  • She kept making annoying comments during the movie, so everyone told her to be quiet.

annoying

ADJECTIVE

//əˈnɔɪɪŋ//

causing irritation or displeasure; troublesome

annoying concept
💡 Concept

A student's loud chip crunching is annoying everyone in the library

annoying rhyme
🎵 Rhyme

His enjoying is destroying everyone's peace!

🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/əˈnɔɪɪŋ/
🇬🇧 UK/əˈnɔɪɪŋ/

🌳Etymology

Rootannoy
Suffix--ing

Origin

프랑스어 'anoier'에서 유래했으며, 원래는 '싫증나게 하다'라는 의미였습니다. 중세 시대 기사들이 적을 괴롭히는 전술을 설명할 때 사용되던 단어가 현대로 이어져 왔습니다.

🎵Rhyme

enjoyingemployingdestroying
enjoying
employing
destroying

🔗Collocations

annoying habit
extremely annoying
annoying noise
find something annoying
annoying behavior
mildly annoying

📝Examples

😄 Fun example

My brother has this annoying habit of singing in the shower at 6 AM.

The most annoying thing about group projects is when someone doesn't do their part.

She kept making annoying comments during the movie, so everyone told her to be quiet.

The wifi keeps disconnecting - it's so annoying when I'm trying to work!

📚Related Words

Synonyms

irritatingfrustratingbothersomevexingirksome

Antonyms

pleasantdelightfulenjoyable

Related

annoyannoyanceannoyedirritatebother

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