English > annoy: 1 sense > verb 1, emotion| Meaning | Cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody |
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| Model | The bad news will annoy him; The performance is likely to annoy Sue |
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| Synonyms | rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil |
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| Narrower | antagonize, antagonise | Provoke the hostility of |
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| eat into, fret, rankle, grate | gnaw into |
| fret | Cause annoyance in |
| get, get under one's skin | irritate |
| harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke | annoy continually or chronically |
| peeve | Cause to be annoyed, irritated, or resentful |
| ruffle | Trouble or vex |
| Broader | displease | Give displeasure to |
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| Similar to | chafe | Feel extreme / extreme irritation or anger |
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| Spanish | agobiar, enfadar, fastidiar, incomodar, irritar, molestar, mortificar, provocar, vejar |
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| Catalan | amoïnar, atabalar, enfadar, fastidiar, incomodar, irritar, molestar, mortificar, provocar, vexar |
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| Nouns | annoyance | the act of troubling or annoying someone |
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| annoyer | someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity) |
