annoyance : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: annoyance	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for annoyance
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
annoyance n the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed [syn: irritation, annoyance, vexation, botheration] anger produced by some annoying irritation Synonym(s): annoyance, chafe, vexation an unpleasant person who is annoying or exasperating Synonym(s): aggravator, annoyance 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" Synonym(s): annoyance, bother, botheration, pain, infliction, pain in the neck, pain in the ass the act of troubling or annoying someone Synonym(s): annoyance, annoying, irritation, vexation
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Annoyance \Annoy"ance\, n. [OF. anoiance, anuiance.] 1. The act of annoying, or the state of being annoyed; molestation; vexation; annoy. A deep clay, giving much annoyance* to passengers. --Fuller. For the further annoyance and terror of any besieged place, they would throw into it dead bodies. --Wilkins. 2. That which annoys. A grain, a dust, a gnat, a wandering hair, Any annoyance in that precious sense. --Shak.