Inherited fromMiddle English anoyaunce (rare form ofnoyaunce ), fromOld French anuiance ,anoiance , from the verbanuier ( “ to cause problems ” ) , equivalent toannoy +-ance . CompareFrench ennui .
IPA (key ) : /əˈnɔɪ.əns/ Hyphenation:an‧noy‧ance annoyance (countable anduncountable ,plural annoyances )
( countable ) That whichannoys .Having to wait 45 minutes for the bus is a realannoyance , but it's the only way to get to work.
( countable ) An act or instance ofannoying .( uncountable ) The psychological state of beingannoyed orirritated .feeling mildannoyance
2022 ,Candice Carty-Williams ,People Person , Trapeze, page273 :‘I’m not annoyed with you,’ Lizzie said, putting a hand on Dimple’s shoulder. ‘Well, I am. But you’re my sister. So theannoyance is nothing new.’
the psychological state of being annoyed or irritated
Bulgarian:раздразне́ние (bg) n ( razdraznénie ) Czech:zlost f ,zloba f ,rozmrzelost f Danish:irritation c East Central German:Aarchr m Finnish:harmitus ,keljutus ,kenkutus French:ennui (fr) f German:Verärgerung (de) f ,Verdruss (de) m Greek:ενόχληση (el) f ( enóchlisi ) Ancient:ὄχλησις f ( ókhlēsis ) Interlingua:enoio Italian:noia (it) f ,fastidio (it) m ,disturbo (it) m Latin:molestia f Maori:whanowhanoā Middle English:vexacioun Plautdietsch:Spiet m Polish:zdenerwowanie (pl) n ,wnerwienie n Portuguese:irritação (pt) f Romanian:enervare (ro) f Russian:раздраже́ние (ru) n ( razdražénije ) ,раздражённость f ( razdražónnostʹ ) Serbo-Croatian:razdraženost (sh) Spanish:enojo (es) m ,irritación (es) f Swedish:irritation (sv) c
an act or instance of annoying
that which annoys and causes a status of annoyance
Arabic:إِزْعَاج m ( ʔizʕāj ) Bengali:জ্বালাতন (bn) ( jalatôn ) Bulgarian:доса́да (bg) f ( dosáda ) ,раздразне́ние (bg) n ( razdraznénie ) Catalan:molèstia (ca) f Chinese:Mandarin:煩惱 / 烦恼 (zh) ( fánnǎo ) Danish:irritationsmoment n Dutch:ergernis (nl) f 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:annoiatura f ,seccatura (it) f ,scocciatura (it) f ,fastidio (it) m Japanese:迷惑 (ja) ( めいわく, meiwaku ) Kabuverdianu:ingisu Latin:vexātiō f ,molestia f Malayalam:ശല്യം (ml) ( śalyaṁ ) Maori:kūrakuraku Middle English:vexacioun Norwegian:Bokmål:irritasjon m Nynorsk:irritasjon m Plautdietsch:Ploag f Portuguese:irritação (pt) f ,pedra no sapato f ( slang ) Russian:доса́да (ru) f ( dosáda ) ,неприя́тность (ru) f ( neprijátnostʹ ) ,ньюснс m ( nʹjusns ) Spanish:disgusto (es) m ,irritación (es) f ,lata (es) f ,molestia (es) f Swedish:irritationsmoment n
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