annoy
US: /əˈnɔɪ/
UK: /ɐnˈɔɪ/
UK: /ɐnˈɔɪ/
English Vietnamese dictionary
annoy /ə'nɔi/
- ngoại động từ
- làm trái ý, làm khó chịu, làm bực mình; chọc tức, làm cho tức giận
- quấy rầy, làm phiền
- (quân sự) quấy nhiễu, quấy rối (kẻ địch)
- danh từ
- (thơ ca), (từ cổ,nghĩa cổ) (như) annoyance
Advanced English dictionary
+ verb
1 to make sb slightly angry
Synonym: IRRITATE
[VN] His constant joking was beginning to annoy her. + It really annoys me when people forget to say thank you. + I'm sure she does it just to annoy me. + [VN to inf] It annoys me to see him getting ahead of me.
2 [VN] to make sb uncomfortable or unable to relax
Synonym: BOTHER
He swatted a fly that was annoying him.
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 irritate, bother, irk, vex, nettle, get on (someone's) nerves, exasperate, provoke, incense, rile, madden, Colloq get at:
The anonymous telephone calls were beginning to annoy us.
2 pester, harass, harry, badger, nag, plague, molest, bedevil, Colloq bug, needle, hassle, Slang get up someone's nose:
Stop annoying me with your persistent requests for money.
Collocation dictionary
ADV.
intensely, really
His air of calm superiority annoyed her intensely. It really annoys me when people forget to say thank you.
| slightly
VERB + ANNOY
be beginning to
The wasps were beginning to annoy me.
PHRASES
do sth just/only to annoy sb
I only stay out late to annoy my parents.
Concise English dictionary
annoys|annoyed|annoyingə'nɔɪ
verb
+cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
