as in bothers
to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts
deliberately annoyed the elderly neighbor by walking across his lawn
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Recent Examples of annoys
One of its two young sibling protagonists, Amber (Bianca Belle), channels her feelings about the recent death of her mother into drawings of creatures born out of her troubled imagination, some of whom enact violence against the classmate who annoys her.
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Alison Willmore, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
There's just one thing about Claire Danes that annoys Matthew Rhys.
—Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 22 Nov. 2025
Ask yourself what annoys you specifically about that behavior, Davis says.
—NPR, 28 Oct. 2025
There are days when my running annoys my wife, my children, or my colleagues.
—Nicholas Thompson, The Atlantic, 23 Oct. 2025
This annoys his wife, who hankers after Bingley (sight unseen) as a future son-in-law.
—Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for annoys
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Feeney’s book features multiple narrators, but relativity is not an idea the series bothers to develop.—
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Now, wages have grown, but inflation bothers people.—
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In other words, alcohol disrupts hydration, irritates the gut, inflames blood vessels, messes with sleep, and forces your liver into metabolic overdrive.—
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Without this process, the air would be colder and drier, which irritates and constricts the airways and can lead to inflammation.—
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Check the head and base and foot of the bed, peeling back the top sheet to look for evidence on mattress covers, box springs, dust ruffles, and the headboard—and most importantly, the mattress seams and piping because bed bugs like to hide in cracks and crevices.—
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Both can reduce debris or items that attract the boxelder bugs.—
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In Russia, the civilian repressive apparatus persecutes the military, which leaps at every chance for revenge.—
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Nathan tells him to get in the water in order to fix the hooks and ropes, but Max stands on the Jet Ski instead, which aggravates the bosun.—
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Money could be at the heart of the power struggle when Mars aggravates Pluto.—
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“Annoys.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/annoys. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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