annoyance

Definition

  • noun: slight anger
  • noun: the act of 'annoying' or of being 'annoyed'
  • synonyms: molestation, vexation, annoy

Examples

  • They were late again, (much) 'to our annoyance'. [=it annoyed us that they were late again]

  • She shook her head 'in annoyance'. [=in a way that showed she was annoyed]

  • The long wait at the restaurant was a minor 'annoyance'. [='nuisance']

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) in the highest levels of power. And it reaches down into the lives of every man, woman and child on this planet. So, of course, no-one believes me. I'm an annoyance to my superiors, a joke to my peers. They call me Spooky. Spooky Mulder, whose sister was abducted by aliens... (..)
    1998 The X Files