Crossword Dictionary
Annoy
annoy, bug, vex, fash, miff, peeve, annoys, bother, annoyed, annoying, unannoyed - v
to be troublesome to
Synonyms
agitate, bore, bother, displease, disturb, exasperate, fire up, gall, irk, peeve, perturb, rile, trouble, turn off, vex, worry, abrade, badger, bedevil, beleaguer, break, bug, chafe, distress, get, gnaw, harass, harry, madden, miff, nag, needle, nettle, nudge, pester, plague, provoke, ride, ruffle, tease
Examples
I didn't mean to annoy her with all of my questions, but she was the only one who knew what was happening.
Doctor, long may you be spared, to have fun and enjoyment and to annoy your little stoats to the maximum!
Worse still, in games like Sweden, Beckham - and this must annoy his international teammates - is never censured by Eriksson.
Etymology
late 13c., anoien, annuien, "to harm, hurt, injure; be troublesome or vexatious to, disquiet, upset," from Anglo-French anuier, Old French enoiier "to weary, vex, anger," anuier "be troublesome or irksome to;" according to French sources these are from Late Latin inodiare "make loathsome," from Latin (esse) in odio "(it is to me) hateful," from ablative of odium "hatred," from PIE root *od- (2) "to hate" (see odium).