Synonyms of annoying

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adjective

ə-ˈnȯi-iŋ 

as in frustrating

causing annoyance

my partner has the annoying habit of eating all the pickles and leaving a jar full of pickle juice in the refrigerator

Synonyms & Similar Words

• frustrating
• irritating
• disturbing
• aggravating
• irksome
• exasperating
• maddening
• bothersome
• vexing
• painful
• vexatious
• abrasive
• pesky
• nettlesome
• pestilential
• pestiferous
• distractive
• galling
• pesty
• infuriating
• stressful
• peeving
• nettling
• rebarbative
• troubling
• plaguey
• pestilent
• troublesome
• chafing
• mischievous
• carking
• rankling
• biting
• riling
• displeasing
• importunate
• burdensome
• tiresome
• upsetting
• distressing
• discomforting
• offensive
• disquieting
• enraging
• inconveniencing
• worrisome
• trying
• angering
• jarring
• bratty
• importune
• grating
• thorny
• brattish
• spiny
• jangling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• delightful
• pleasing

annoying

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verb

present participle of annoy

as in irritating

to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts

deliberately annoyed the elderly neighbor by walking across his lawn

Synonyms & Similar Words

• irritating
• bothering
• bugging
• persecuting
• aggravating
• exasperating
• infuriating
• getting
• vexing
• irking
• grating
• worrying
• itching
• eating
• griping
• angering
• burning (up)
• nettling
• ruffling
• chafing
• spiting
• galling
• riling
• peeving
• teasing
• hacking (off)
• rasping
• frosting
• insulting
• plaguing
• getting to
• wearing on
• narking
• piquing
• putting out
• provoking
• harassing
• nagging
• upsetting
• rubbing the wrong way
• enraging
• sticking in one's craw
• getting on one's nerves
• hassling
• heckling
• setting one's teeth on edge
• getting one's goat
• maddening
• offending
• badgering
• pestering
• unsettling
• distressing
• rousing
• antagonizing
• discomforting
• harrying
• baiting
• agitating
• perturbing
• inflaming
• disquieting
• outraging
• incensing
• rankling
• undoing
• roiling
• affronting
• freaking (out)
• fretting
• bullyragging
• unhinging
• exercising
• deviling
• hagriding
• miffing
• discomposing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• obliging
• satisfying
• gratifying
• pleasing
• appeasing
• placating
• pacifying
• conciliating
• reassuring
• delighting
• comforting
• mollifying
• soothing
• cheering
• assuring
• propitiating
• consoling
• quieting
• gladdening
• contenting
• solacing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of annoying

Adjective

And even though our relationship was so rocky and dysfunctional, the love was always there, and that little annoying brother feeling was always there. — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2026

Having never cleaned my rain gutters since becoming a homeowner five years ago, I was stunned to learn that this annoying task should be completed once, if not twice, a year. — Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Sep. 2026

Verb

My biggest concern about adding a tracking device around Mya’s neck was annoying her or creating disruption. — Tyler Hayes, PC Magazine, 13 May 2026

But what’s been annoying me even more is that these women should have been trained by producers to start recording on their own cell phones if drama starts to unfold after cameras go down. — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2025