annoyance

English

Alternative forms

annoyaunce (obsolete)
annoying (obsolete)
annoyment (nonstandard)

Etymology

Old French anuiance, anoiance, from the verb anuier (“to cause problems”). Compare Modern French ennui

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /əˈnɔɪəns/

Noun

annoyance (countable and uncountable, plural annoyances)

(countable) That which annoys.
(countable) An act or instance of annoying.
(uncountable) The psychological state of being annoyed or irritated.

Synonyms

nark

Translations

that which annoys

Arabic: إِزْعَاج‎ m (ʾizʿāj)
Bengali: জ্বালাতন (jalatôn)
Bulgarian: доса́да (bg) f (dosáda), раздразне́ние (bg) n (razdraznénie)
Catalan: molèstia f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 煩惱 (zh), 烦恼 (zh) (fánnǎo)
Esperanto: agacaĵo, malagrablaĵo
Finnish: riesa (fi), kiusa (fi)
French: ennui (fr) m, nuisance (fr) f
German: Ärger (de) m, Ärgernis (de) n
Greek: ενόχληση (el) f (enóchlisi)
Ancient: ὄχλησις f (ókhlēsis), ἀχθηδών f (akhthēdṓn)
Hungarian: bosszúság (hu)

Italian: seccatura (it) f, scocciatura f, fastidio (it) m
Japanese: 迷惑 (ja) (めいわく, meiwaku)
Kabuverdianu: ingisu
Latin: vexātiō f
Maori: kūrakuraku
Norwegian:
Bokmål: irritasjon m

Nynorsk: irritasjon m
Portuguese: irritação (pt) f
Russian: доса́да (ru) f (dosáda), неприя́тность (ru) f (neprijátnostʹ), ньюснс m (nʹjusns)
Spanish: disgusto (es) m, irritación (es) f, lata (es) f, molestia (es) m
Swedish: irritationsmoment n

an act or instance of annoying

Bulgarian: дразне́не (bg) n (draznéne), закачане (bg) n (zakačane)
Finnish: ärsyttäminen (fi)
German: Ärger (de) m
Greek: ενόχληση (el) f (enóchlisi)
Ancient: ὄχλησις f (ókhlēsis)
Hebrew: הצקה‎ f (hátsáká)

Latin: vexātiō f
Polish: denerwowanie (pl) n, wnerwianie n
Portuguese: irritação (pt) f
Russian: надоеда́ние (ru) n (nadojedánije)
Spanish: fastidio (es) m

the psychological state of being annoyed or irritated

Bulgarian: раздразне́ние (bg) n (razdraznénie)
Czech: zlost f, zloba f, rozmrzelost f
Finnish: harmitus, keljutus, kenkutus
German: Verärgerung f, Verdruss (de) m
Greek: ενόχληση (el) f (enóchlisi)
Ancient: ὄχλησις f (ókhlēsis)
Italian: irritazione (it) f, fastidio (it) m

Maori: whanowhanoā
Polish: zdenerwowanie (pl) n, wnerwienie n
Portuguese: irritação (pt) f
Romanian: enervare (ro) f
Russian: раздраже́ние (ru) n (razdražénije), раздражённость (ru) f (razdražónnostʹ)
Serbo-Croatian: razdraženost (sh)
Swedish: irritation (sv) c

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Translations to be checked

Ewe: ^{(please verify)} dzikudodo n

French: ^{(please verify)} irritation (fr) f, ^{(please verify)} agacement (fr) m, ^{(please verify)} désagrément (fr) m

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