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noun

Annoyance n.

The act of annoying, or the state of being annoyed; molestation; vexation; annoy. "A deep clay, giving much annoyance to passengers." "For the further annoyance and terror of any besieged place, they would throw into it dead bodies."

That which annoys. "A grain, a dust, a gnat, a wandering hair, Any annoyance in that precious sense."

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Etymology of 'Annoyance'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Annoyance" Quotes from Famous Books

... A palpable annoyance took possession of her at Gordon's absorption. "It must be near dinner at Peterman's," she remarked; "on Sunday you've ...

— Mountain Blood - A Novel • Joseph Hergesheimer

... was called to Washington, last Thursday," she answered so evenly that no one would have suspected the wondering annoyance which his hasty note of explanation ...

— The Dominant Strain • Anna Chapin Ray

... other keys, obviously too large. Therein she had shown her feminism. I love to see a woman do a womanly thing. Finally she had sighed and pushed her dark hair back from her temples with a gesture of annoyance. The time seeming ripe, I ...

— The Brother of Daphne • Dornford Yates

... her model in all things, was immediately inspired to go and do likewise, to the great amusement as well as annoyance of her family. Selecting the prettiest, liveliest child in the Asylum, she took it home on trial for a week. "A perfect cherub" she pronounced it the first day, but an "enfant terrible" before the week was over, for the young hero rioted by day, howled by night, ravaged the house from ...

— Rose in Bloom - A Sequel to "Eight Cousins" • Louisa May Alcott

... This annoyance had occurred several times since the establishment of the mill, and Bob West had protested vigorously to Mr. Skeelty for giving his men whiskey and turning them loose in a respectable community; but the manager merely grinned and said he must keep "the boys" satisfied at all hazards, and it ...

— Aunt Jane's Nieces on Vacation • Edith Van Dyne

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