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annoyverb to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable actsdeliberately annoyed the elderly neighbor by walking across his lawn aggravate, bother, bug, burn (up), chafe, eat, exasperate, frost, gall, get, grate, gripe, hack (off), irk, irritate, itch, nark(British), nettle, peeve, persecute, pique, put out, rasp, rile, ruffle, spite, vex hassle, hecklenaginflame(also enflame), provoke, rousebadger, bait, bullyrag(also ballyrag), devil, hagride, harass, harry, pester, plague, teaseanger, antagonize, enrage, incense, infuriate, madden, rankle, roilagitate, discomfort, discompose, disquiet, distress, exercise, freak (out), fret, perturb, undo, unhinge, unsettle, upset, worryaffront, insult, miff, offend, outrage get one's goat, get on one's nerves, get to, rub the wrong way, set one's teeth on edge, stick in one's craw, wear on appease, conciliate, mollify, oblige, pacify, placate, propitiatedelight, gladden, gratify, please, satisfyassure, cheer, comfort, console, content, quiet, reassure, solace, soothe annoy, vex, irk, bother mean to upset a person's composure.annoy implies a wearing on the nerves by persistent petty unpleasantness.their constant complaining annoys us vex implies greater provocation and stronger disturbance and usually connotes anger but sometimes perplexity or anxiety.vexed by her son's failure to clean his room irk stresses difficulty in enduring and the resulting weariness or impatience of spirit.careless waste irks the boss bother suggests interference with comfort or peace of mind.don't bother me while I'm reading Cf. worry. in the 13th century |