(n.) To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to tease; to ruffle in mind; to vex; as, I was annoyed by his remarks.
(n.) To molest, incommode, or harm; as, to annoy an army by impeding its march, or by a cannonade.
(n.) A feeling of discomfort or vexation caused by what one dislikes; also, whatever causes such a feeling; as, to work annoy.
Example Sentences:
(1) Asked about white predominance in the sport, South African rugby journalist Paul Dobson replied: "If you suggest that again I'll get annoyed and put the phone down.
(2) He was 'annoyed' after a phone call with Maxine Carr, in which she'd told him she was going out 'again' with her mother that evening in Grimsby ('Do you like to control people?'
(3) When my pictures were published, some Star Wars fans were annoyed that the house in this picture had been left in such a state of disrepair.
(4) One of the most annoying complications of rhinoplasty is the supra-tip hump (pollybeak).
(5) Indeed, while people might be annoyed or alarmed at the idea of being given placebos, medics probably wouldn't need to were it not for the modern blight of the Worried Well clogging up consulting rooms.
(6) Although mumbling is frustrating and annoying at times, it may be a helpful clue to some of the client's most anxiety-provoking thoughts or feelings.
(7) Later, when Leven moved to another squat, in Maida Vale, London, he suggested they bring in a bass player and percussionist to form a band, and they started rehearsing "with mattresses around the walls to deaden the sound, but still annoying the neighbours".
(8) It’s annoying that we haven’t stretched our lead but we’ve got to accept that and take it forward.
(9) It is difficult to prove that noise is detrimental to our health; many people are annoyed by noise; however, only particular groups (children, the elderly, the handicapped, people who wear a hearing aid, people with heart disease) are affected as far as health is concerned, and it is these people who require special protection.
(10) Noise in open-plan computer rooms and annoyance and perceived deterioration in performance associated with it also appears to be a problem that may be similarly categorized.
(11) The program kept asking what my surname at birth was - annoying, since, despite getting married in 1994, I've had the same surname all my life.
(12) Our government understands that we have to help but if they send troops officially, that would annoy Europe, and Nato.
(13) Rather than getting annoyed, you’re feeling comforted.
(14) Amazon and MasterCard don't like it either, and their clients were probably annoyed.
(15) His annoyance was memorably captured by a BBC film crew for a documentary.
(16) And you can see that some writers' talents are fed by great exposure to society and then there are others – DH Lawrence is a good example – who think they want acceptance but actually they can't stand it and they've got to annoy people by pointing out uncomfortable things, and that's more me.
(17) Merkel will be annoyed that a group set up by the Tories has given a platform to her opponents.
(18) Information on safety and side effects is also presented, such as a possible increase in serum cholesterol levels and annoying side effects that may severely limit widespread use of this food supplement.
(19) After the second such call, my wife became annoyed at the intrusion he was making in our weekend.
(20) Irritations are mainly due to the particulate phase of environmental tobacco smoke, whereas the gas phase is to a large extent responsible for annoyance.
Roil
Definition:
(v.) To render turbid by stirring up the dregs or sediment of; as, to roil wine, cider, etc. , in casks or bottles; to roil a spring.
(v.) To disturb, as the temper; to ruffle the temper of; to rouse the passion of resentment in; to perplex.
(v. i.) To wander; to roam.
(v. i.) To romp.
Example Sentences:
(1) The self-described billionaire launched his campaign by referring to Mexicans as “rapists” and “killers”, the first in a series of controversial remarks that have roiled the GOP primary.
(2) Within six months, any stop, search or arrest by a police officer in the city – roiled by unrest in 2014 after the fatal shooting of unarmed black 18-year-old Michael Brown – must be captured on camera, according to the draft agreement with federal officials published on Wednesday.
(3) The issue may have roiled the political world this week, much as boasting of groping women overshadowed the previous debate, but what really distinguished the third and final television showdown of the reality TV election was the unusual amount of time both candidates devoted to attacking each other’s policies rather than each other.
(4) Or perhaps this latest ambush is just an excuse to resume the government’s internal warfare, which has been roiling away since January.
(5) Dazed survivors stand immobile in a huge, roiling cloud of dust.
(6) "Markets roiled" Bond traders continued to view Greek debt as hugely risky.
(7) Last month’s business sentiment was also weighed down by sharp declines in China’s stock market and a surprise currency devaluation that roiled markets worldwide and a devastating explosion in the busy port of Tianjin.
(8) The embarrassing event has the potential to torpedo the rest of President Enrique Peña Nieto’s administration and roil relations between the US and Mexico,” it said.
(9) The roiling is so surround sound it's hard to hear him.
(10) Following a month-long rout on Chinese stock markets, authorities devalued the yuan several times last week, roiling global equity markets and sparking fears of a currency war in which countries compete to boost exports by cutting the value of their currency.
(11) With the undocumented comprising as much as half of the uninsured population in Los Angeles, the issue has echoes of the roiling immigration debate.
(12) Leaders from Ferguson, Missouri , are to meet Department of Justice officials on Tuesday to discuss a federal review of their policing of the town, which was roiled by protests following the fatal shooting of an unarmed 18-year-old last year.
(13) The new measures come as the White House tries to both ratchet up pressure on Tehran to abandon its nuclear programme and dissuade Israel from launching a unilateral strike on Iran, a move that could roil the Middle East and jolt the global economy.
(14) The decision not to indict Pantaleo touched off protests that roiled the streets in New York City and beyond and raised issues of police brutality, racial equity and the efficacy of grand juries.
(15) The historical memory of his presidential monuments has been consumed by fantasies of small-town life but it is a landscape of whitewashed buildings against the undulating emptiness, a country roiling with dreams.
(16) Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula has taken advantage of the political turmoil roiling Yemen.
(17) Rather than reach out he retreats, and roils at the fickleness of everything – entreating media boosters to validate him, telling the colleagues they have no right to desert him, while pondering who he can jettison in order to save himself.
(18) I’m also proud that [CPS] has moved in the opposite direction of some of the more regressive legislation that’s been passed.” Controversy is roiling over transgender students and their rights in the nations’ schools, with some schools and even whole states taking steps to force students to use facilities in conflict with their gender identity.
(19) Modi was ostracised for his actions, or inactions, during the Godhra riots , sectarian violence that roiled across his state for a month in 2002 in which 1,000 or more people, largely Muslim, died.
(20) Opinionated butchers, bakers and candlestick makers, hacks, artists and pornographers, impresarios and charlatans were now the protagonists in a roiling landscape of new ideas and opportunities.