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annoying - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | annoying |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | causing irritation |
| Synonyms: | bothersome, disturbing, irritating, troublesome, vexatious, aggravating |
| Antonyms: | agreeable, pleasant, pleasing, soothing, welcome |
| Main Entry: | annoy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | irritate, upset |
| Synonyms: | abrade, agitate, badger, bedevil, beleaguer, bore, bother, break, bug, chafe, displease, distress, disturb, egg on*, exasperate, gall, get, gnaw, harass, harry, henpeck, irk, madden, miff, nag, needle, nettle, nudge, peeve, perturb, pester, plague, provoke, push button, ride, rile, ruffle, tease, trouble, turn off*, vex, worry, T-off, ask for it, be at, be on the back of, burn up, fire up, heat up, hit where one lives, make waves, tick off*, work on |
| Antonyms: | aid, gratify, please, soothe, make happy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bothersome |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | troubling |
| Synonyms: | annoying, distressing, disturbing, inconvenient, irritating, remote, tiresome, troublesome, vexatious, aggravating, exasperating, incommodious, rebarbative, vexing |
| Antonyms: | convenient, helpful, untroubling |
| Main Entry: | disquieting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | upsetting |
| Synonyms: | annoying, bothersome, distressing, disturbing, irritating, perplexing, troublesome, worrying, disconcerting, perturbing, troubling, unnerving, unsettling, vexing |
| Antonyms: | calming, pleasing, soothing, settling |
| Main Entry: | galling |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very upsetting |
| Synonyms: | acid, annoying, bitter, bothersome, distasteful, grievous, humiliating, irksome, irritating, nettlesome, painful, provoking, rankling, unpalatable, vexatious, afflictive, aggravating, exasperating, harassing, plaguing, vexing |
| Antonyms: | cheering, comforting, pleasing, satisfying, soothing, wonderful |
| Main Entry: | grating |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | irritating; scraping |
| Synonyms: | annoying, disagreeable, discordant, dissonant, dry, grinding, harsh, hoarse, irksome, jarring, offensive, rasping, raucous, rough, shrill, squeaky, strident, unpleasant, vexatious, displeasing, harsh-sounding, stridulent, stridulous |
| Antonyms: | pleasing, soothing |
| Main Entry: | inconvenient |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bothersome, troublesome |
| Synonyms: | annoying, awkward, cumbersome, detrimental, difficult, disadvantageous, disturbing, embarrassing, inexpedient, inopportune, pestiferous, prejudicial, remote, tiresome, troublesome, unmanageable, unseasonable, unsuitable, untimely, unwieldy, vexatious, discommoding, discommodious, incommodious, unhandy |
| Antonyms: | beneficial, convenient, helpful, aiding |
| Main Entry: | maddening |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | irritating |
| Synonyms: | annoying, provoking, trying, vexatious, aggravating, exasperating, frustrating, infuriating, riling, troubling |
| Main Entry: | nerve-racking |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | distressing |
| Synonyms: | annoying, disquieting, disturbing, irksome, irritating, maddening, taxing, tense, trying, aggravating, exasperating, stressful, upsetting |
| Main Entry: | nettlesome |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | irritating |
| Synonyms: | annoying, bothersome, burdensome, distressing, disturbing, irksome, troublesome, trying, vexatious, aggravating, exasperating, nagging, vexing |
| Main Entry: | obnoxious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | offensive, repulsive |
| Synonyms: | abhorrent, abominable, annoying, awful, beastly*, detestable, disagreeable, disgusting, foul, gross*, hateful, heel, insufferable, invidious, loathsome, mean, nasty, nauseating, objectionable, odious, off-color*, ornery, pain in the neck*, pesky*, pestiferous, pill*, repellent, reprehensible, repugnant, revolting, rotten, sickening, stinking, unpleasant, big mouth, dislikable, displeasing, hateable, horrid |
| Notes: | noxious means injurious to physical or mental health; obnoxious means very offensive, objectionable, or unpleasant |
| Antonyms: | agreeable, delightful, kind, nice, pleasant, soft, likeable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pesky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bothersome |
| Synonyms: | annoying, disturbing, irksome, mean, nettlesome, provoking, troublesome, ugly, vexatious, wicked, peeving, vexing |
| Antonyms: | pleasing, untroubling |
| Main Entry: | tedious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dull, monotonous |
| Synonyms: | annoying, arid, banal, boring, drab, dragging, dreary, dry, dusty*, endless, humdrum, insipid, irksome, laborious, lifeless, mortal, pabulum*, poky*, prosaic, slow, snooze*, soporific, tiresome, tiring, unexciting, uninteresting, vapid, wearisome, bromidic, draggy, drudging, dull as dishwater, enervating, exhausting, fatiguing, ho-hum, long-drawn-out, prosy, weariful |
| Antonyms: | entertaining, exciting, interesting |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tiresome |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | irritating, exasperating |
| Synonyms: | annoying, arduous, boring, burdensome, demanding, difficult, drag, dragging, dull, exacting, flat, hard, heavy, hefty, humdrum, irksome, laborious, monotonous, onerous, oppressive, strenuous, tedious, tired, tiring, too much*, tough, trying, uninteresting, vexatious, wearing, wearisome, yawn*, a bit much, boresome, drudging, enervative, exhausting, fatiguing, ho-hum, jading, nowhere, uncool, unrelieved, wearying |
| Antonyms: | easy, facile, fun, nice, stimulating |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | troublesome |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bothersome, worrisome |
| Synonyms: | alarming, annoying, arduous, burdensome, damaging, dangerous, demanding, difficult, disquieting, hard, heavy, importunate, inconvenient, intractable, irksome, irritating, laborious, mean, messy, murder, oppressive, painful, pesky, pestiferous, problematic, refractory, rough, taxing, tiresome, tough, tricky, trying, ugly, ungovernable, unruly, uphill, vexatious, wearisome, wicked, worrying, harassing, infestive, pestilential, repressive, troublous, upsetting, vexing |
| Antonyms: | easy, helpful, nice, useful |
| Main Entry: | trying |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | difficult, bothersome |
| Synonyms: | annoying, arduous, demanding, exacting, exigent, hard, irksome, irritating, onerous, oppressive, pestilent, provocative, rough, severe, sticky, strenuous, taxing, tight, tiresome, tough, tricky, troublesome, wearisome, weighty, aggravating, exasperating, fatiguing, stressful, upsetting, vexing |
| Antonyms: | easy, facile, mild, moderate, unstressful |
| Main Entry: | undesirable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | offensive, unacceptable |
| Synonyms: | abominable, annoying, bothersome, defective, disagreeable, distasteful, icky, inadmissible, inconvenient, inexpedient, insufferable, loathsome, objectionable, obnoxious, outcast, rejected, repellent, repugnant, troublesome, unattractive, unpopular, unsatisfactory, unsavory, unsought, unsuitable, unwanted, unwelcome, useless, disliked, displeasing, dreaded, incommodious, loathed, out of place, scorned, shunned, to be avoided, unlikable, unpleasing, unwished for |
| Antonyms: | acceptable, appealing, desirable, pleasing, savory |
| Main Entry: | vexatious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | distressing, bothersome |
| Synonyms: | annoying, burdensome, disagreeable, disappointing, disturbing, irksome, irritating, mean, pesky*, provoking, teasing, troublesome, trying, ugly, unpleasant, wicked, worrisome, worrying, afflicting, aggravating, exasperating, nagging, tormenting, troublous, upsetting |
| Antonyms: | assisting, helpful, pleasing, soothing, aiding |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | worrisome |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | troublesome |
| Synonyms: | agonizing, alarming, annoying, anxious, apprehensive, bothersome, burdensome, disquieting, disturbing, inconvenient, irksome, irritating, nervous, taxing, tiresome, trying, uneasy, wearisome, worrying, unnerving, upsetting, vexing |
| Main Entry: | disturbing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disquieting |
| Synonyms: | alarming, annoying, bothersome, burdensome, consequential, creepy, depressing, difficult, disagreeable, discouraging, distressing, embarrassing, foreboding, frightening, gloomy, hard, inconvenient, irksome, irritating, laborious, ominous, onerous, painful, perplexing, pessimistic, prophetic, provoking, severe, sinister, startling, threatening, tiresome, toilsome, troublesome, trying, uncertain, unpleasant, wearisome, worrisome, worrying, aggravating, agitating, discomforting, discommoding, discomposing, disconcerting, dismaying, harassing, impeding, perturbing, troubling, unsettling, upsetting, vexing |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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