annoy

Meaning

Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/əˈnɔɪ/
Etymology

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.

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