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ANNOYED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Aroused to impatience or anger
Example:
roiled by the delay
Synonyms:
annoyed; irritated; miffed; nettled; peeved; pissed; pissed off; riled; roiled; steamed; stung
Classified under:
Similar:
displeased (not pleased; experiencing or manifesting displeasure)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances
Example:
the vexed parents of an unruly teenager
Synonyms:
annoyed; harassed; harried; pestered; vexed
Classified under:
Similar:
troubled (characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb annoy
Context examples:
"Good girl! Call Meg, and tell her you'll give in," said Laurie, with an approving pat, which annoyed Amy more than the 'giving in'.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
A question about whether an individual becomes or became easily annoyed or irritable.
(Becoming Easily Annoyed or Irritable, NCI Thesaurus)
The person may be very tense and irritable, and become easily annoyed by small things.
(Agitation, NCI Dictionary)
Annoyed at the churlish rebuff, I turned my back and walked home.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Holmes had looked annoyed, but his brow cleared, and he clapped me on the shoulder.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I was never more annoyed!
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
“I suppose,” said Holmes, “that when Mr. Windibank came back from France he was very annoyed at your having gone to the ball.”
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Challenger's conceit is too colossal to allow him to be really annoyed.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I believe she was happy in her way: this routine sufficed for her; and nothing annoyed her so much as the occurrence of any incident which forced her to vary its clockwork regularity.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
"I forgot that English people rather turn up their noses at governesses and don't treat them as we do," said Meg, looking after the retreating figure with an annoyed expression.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
