deliberately annoyed the elderly neighbor by walking across his lawn
Recent Examples on the WebThat sort of public display of shape-shifting powers must annoy the aliens who have been infiltrating the planet for so long. Chris Smith, BGR, 5 Sep. 2022 However, bright lights annoy and scare giant squids away. Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 3 Aug. 2022 Just two people who love each other, but really annoy each other. Angelique Jackson, Variety, 20 July 2022 And blasting Top 40 radio via a boombox while walking down the street might annoy fellow commuters, but at least everyone was experiencing that annoyance together. Sarah Todd, Quartz, 1 July 2022 In other words, moral rebels can annoy the rest of us into joining them. Michelle Nijhuis, The Atlantic, 22 June 2022 The simple technology that fully opens or closes a car window with one touch of a button can annoy, just like that mosquito that won’t quit buzzing in your ear.Fortune, 1 Jan. 2022 Did any of these issues annoy or enrage you as well? Erik Kain, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2021 The free world’s four enemies aren’t doing these things merely to annoy or disrupt us. Daniel Henninger, WSJ, 30 Mar. 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Middle English anoien, from Anglo-French anuier, ennoier, from Late Latin inodiare to make loathsome, from Latin in + odium hatred — more at odium