annoyance
noun
/əˈnɔɪəns/
SYNONYM irritation
He could not conceal his annoyance at being interrupted.
Much to our annoyance, they decided not to come after all.
She stamped her foot in annoyance.
His behaviour caused great annoyance to his colleagues.
Collocations
adjective
… of annoyance
verb + annoyance
preposition
in annoyance
with annoyance
annoyance at…
phrases
a look of annoyance
to somebody’s annoyance
much to somebody’s annoyance
2 countable something that makes you slightly angry The delay is now shorter but still an annoyance.
petty annoyances and irritations
Collocations
adjective
Word Origin
late Middle English: from Old French anoiance, from anoier (verb), anoi (noun), based on Latin in odio in the phrase mihi in odio est ‘it is hateful to me’.
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