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• v  cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
• s  aroused to impatience or anger
• s  troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances

• Or summarily be turned down for membership in the National Academy of Sciences? What was it about Salk that so annoyed his fellow scientists? 1 2 3 Next .
• The job isn't over until she has seen all the pictures and has annoyed the art department," he says.
• She suggested that such stories annoyed her husband.

• annoy
• rag
• get to
• bother
• get at
• irritate
• rile
• nark
• nettle
• gravel
• vex
• chafe
• devil
• irritated
• miffed
• nettled
• peeved
• pissed
• pissed off
• riled
• roiled
• steamed
• stung
• harassed
• harried
• pestered
• vexed

News & Articles

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• Steve Gunn: Tea party litmus test could end up electing Democrats
  I've always struggled to understand why some people are so annoyed by tea party activists. As a friend once put it, they are mostly a bunch of old people sitting around in lawn chairs, demanding that their government stop...
  June 19, 2013 - The Muskegon Chronicle
• Mad Customer Exclaims: There Is No Cheese In A Hamburger!
  If a waiter doesn't get your order right, there's a chance you could get a little annoyed.Well, this man took annoyed to a whole new level!  he was downright furious after workers put cheese on his hamburger!
  June 18, 2013 - FOX 29 Philadelphia
• Movie texting sends rude msg
  Dear OMG, I was recently in a movie theater next to someone texting excessively. I got so annoyed that I asked her to stop, at which point she had the nerve to report me to the usher for talking during the movie. The friend I attended the film with said texting during movies is just part of life now — I should be glad she wasn’t talking on the phone and leave it at that. I disagree. Can I ...
  June 17, 2013 - Boston Herald

Quotes

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• Oliver Bierhoff in Times of India
  Bierhoff said: "We have freedom of speech in the team and need players willing to speak their mind. It is rather like when a player says he is disappointed to be left out -- are you supposed to be annoyed that he is disappointed? But in the end, it...
• Diego Maradona in SkySports
  As a result, Maradona said: "Many journalists should apologise to the players. I'm not suggesting you drop your trousers, but it would be honest and great so we all get along better. I am turning 50 and I am not bitter. But I get annoyed when people...
• Mesut Ozil in AFP
  I could have already made it 1-0 in the first-half, so I was a bit annoyed with myself,said Ozil. "I was disappointed, but I knew that I would score a goal."