annoy

Betekenis

Verb

1. To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to bother with unpleasant deeds.
2. To do something to upset or anger someone; to be troublesome.
3. To molest; to harm; to injure.

Noun

1. A feeling of discomfort or vexation caused by what one dislikes.
2. That which causes such a feeling.

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/əˈnɔɪ/

Etymologie

From Middle English anoyen, a borrowing from Anglo-Norman anuier, Old French enuier (“to molest, harm, tire”), from Late Latin inodiō (“cause aversion, make hateful”, verb), from the phrase in odiō (“hated”), from Latin odium (“hatred”). Displaced native Old English dreċċan and gremman.