'annoyance' definitions:
Definition of 'annoyance'
(from WordNet)
noun
The psychological state of being irritated or annoyed [syn: irritation, annoyance, vexation, botheration]
noun
noun
An unpleasant person who is annoying or exasperating [syn: aggravator, annoyance]
noun
Something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness; "washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washer"; "a bit of a bother"; "he's not a friend, he's an infliction" [syn: annoyance, bother, botheration, pain, infliction, pain in the neck, pain in the ass]
noun
Synonyms of 'annoyance'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ado,
- adverse circumstances,
- adversity,
- affliction,
- aggravation,
- amplification,
- anger,
- annoyingness,
- anxiety,
- augmentation,
- aversion,
- bad news,
- bedevilment,
- besetment,
- blight,
- bore,
- bother,
- botheration,
- bothering,
- bothersomeness,
- bummer,
- can of worms,
- care,
- contentiousness,
- crashing bore,
- cross,
- curse,
- deepening,
- deliberate aggravation,
- deterioration,
- devilment,
- difficulties,
- difficulty,
- disadvantage,
- disapprobation,
- disapproval,
- discontent,
- disgust,
- dislike,
- displeasure,
- dissatisfaction,
- distaste,
- distress,
- dogging,
- downer,
- drag,
- embittering,
- embitterment,
- enhancement,
- enlargement,
- evil,
- exacerbation,
- exasperation,
- great ado,
- harassment,
- hard knocks,
- hard life,
- hard lot,
- hardcase,
- hardship,
- harrying,
- headache,
- heightening,
- hounding,
- inconvenience,
- increase,
- indignation,
- intensification,
- ire,
- irking,
- irksomeness,
- irritant,
- irritation,
- magnification,
- matter,
- molestation,
- nuisance,
- pain,
- peck of troubles,
- persecution,
- peskiness,
- pest,
- pester,
- pestering,
- pestiferousness,
- pique,
- plague,
- plaguesomeness,
- plight,
- pother,
- predicament,
- pressure,
- problem,
- provocation,
- provoking,
- provokingness,
- repugnance,
- repulsion,
- resentfulness,
- resentment,
- revulsion,
- riding,
- rigor,
- sea of troubles,
- sharpening,
- souring,
- stress,
- stress of life,
- teasing,
- tiresomeness,
- trial,
- tribulation,
- trouble,
- troubles,
- troublesomeness,
- vale of tears,
- vexation,
- vexatiousness,
- vexing,
- vicissitude,
- wearisomeness,
- worriment,
- worrisomeness,
- worry,
- worsening,
- wrath