annoy
pronunciation
How to pronounce annoy in British English:
UK [əˈnɔɪ]
How to pronounce annoy in American English:
US [əˈnɔɪ]
-
- Verb:
- cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
Word Origin
- annoy
- annoy: [13] Annoy comes ultimately from the Latin phrase in odiō, literally ‘in hatred’, hence ‘odious’ (odiō was the ablative sense of odium, from which English got odious [14] and odium [17]). The phrase was turned into a verb in later Latin – inodiāre ‘make loathsome’ – which transferred to Old French as anuier or anoier (in modern French this has become ennuyer, whose noun ennui was borrowed into English in the mid 18th century in the sense ‘boredom’).=> ennui, noisome, odious
- annoy (v.)
- late 13c., from Anglo-French anuier, Old French enoiier, anuier "to weary, vex, anger; be troublesome or irksome to," from Late Latin inodiare "make loathsome," from Latin (esse) in odio "(it is to me) hateful," ablative of odium "hatred" (see odium). Earliest form of the word in English was as a noun, c. 1200, "feeling of irritation, displeasure, distaste." Related: Annoyed; annoying; annoyingly. Middle English also had annoyful and annoyous (both late 14c.).
Example
- 1. A dreadful choice : whether to annoy america or china
- 2. Plus , you risk using them incorrectly , which can further annoy readers .
- 3. Both hotels offer free wifi , recognising few things annoy today 's frequent fliers than being charged for usage .
- 4. A row ahead of the men , a group of high school girls with glossy hair and spaghetti straps plays a clapping game that does not seem to annoy the other passengers .
- 5. He closes down independent newspapers and meddles in aid projects , banning agencies that annoy him .