Sekirov Dictionary

annoy

/əˈnoɪ̯/

noun 2
verb 2
forms 5

noun2

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(literary, no longer used) A feeling of discomfort or vexation caused by what one dislikes.
- VVe that suffer long anoy / Are contented vvith a thought / Through an idle fancie vvrought / O let my ioyes have some abiding. — 1606
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(literary, no longer used) That which causes such a feeling.
- Sleepe in Peace, and wake in Ioy, / Good Angels guard thee from the Boares annoy […] — 1593

verb2

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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.
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(no longer used) To molest; to harm; to injure.
- tapers put into lanterns or sconces of several-coloured, oiled paper, that the wind might not annoy them — 1644

forms

annoy'd · annoyed · annoying · annoyeth · annoys

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