ANNOYED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does annoyed mean? 

• ANNOYED (adjective)
  The adjective ANNOYED has 2 senses:

1. aroused to impatience or anger

2. troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances

  Familiarity information: ANNOYED used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANNOYED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Aroused to impatience or anger

Synonyms:

annoyed; irritated; miffed; nettled; peeved; pissed; pissed off; riled; roiled; steamed; stung

Context example:

roiled by the delay

Similar:

displeased (not pleased; experiencing or manifesting displeasure)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances

Synonyms:

annoyed; harassed; harried; pestered; vexed

Context example:

the vexed parents of an unruly teenager

Similar:

troubled (characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need)

 Context examples 

Generalized Anxiety Disorder - 7 (GAD-7) Becoming easily annoyed or irritable.

(GAD-7 - Becoming Easily Annoyed or Irritable, NCI Thesaurus)

I had filled the first two with my linen, and as I had still much to pack away I was naturally annoyed at not having the use of the third drawer.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

When Buck and Curly grew excited, half wild with fear, he raised his head as though annoyed, favored them with an incurious glance, yawned, and went to sleep again.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

The Overactive Bladder Questionnaire (OAB-q) Made you frustrated or annoyed about the amount of time you spend in the restroom?

(OAB-q - Frustrated or Annoyed About the Amount of Time You Spend in the Restroom, NCI Thesaurus)

The Overactive Bladder Questionnaire Short Form (OAB-q Short Form) Made you frustrated or annoyed about the amount of time you spend in the restroom?

(OAB-q Short Form - Frustrated or Annoyed About the Amount of Time You Spend in the Restroom, NCI Thesaurus)

It was plain, therefore, that the attack would be developed from the north and that on the other three sides we were only to be annoyed by a show of hostilities.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Their faces expressed a mixture of curiosity and anger, which annoyed and in some degree alarmed me.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

As my aunt appeared to be annoyed, I thought the best way was to cut her annoyance short.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

If the flood annoyed him, so much the better.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

He seemed more interested than annoyed at my outbreak.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)