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# annoy

«annoy» in Mova's school dictionary: **to make them a little angry or fed up** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (annoy, annoys, annoyed, annoying)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To annoy someone is to make them a little angry or fed up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/annoy/#m1)

2) Annoyed means feeling a bit angry; annoying describes the thing or person that causes it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/annoy/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In feelings and manners lessons pupils learn what annoys others (interrupting, kicking a chair, taking things) and how to say calmly «that annoys me». In stories a little brother annoys his sister. Phrases: annoyed with someone, annoyed about something, really annoying.

### examples

- My little brother annoys me when he sings all day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/annoy/#x1)
- It annoys Mum when we leave muddy shoes on the floor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/annoy/#x2)
- I was annoyed with myself for losing my hat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/annoy/#x3)
- That buzzing fly is so annoying! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/annoy/#x4)
- Please stop tapping — it's annoying. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/annoy/#x5)
- She was annoyed about the rain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/annoy/#x6)
- Try not to annoy the dog. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/annoy/#x7)
- “I knew them,” John said, to annoy the others. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/annoy/#x8)

### note

Regular verb (annoyed). Trap: «I am annoyed» (my feeling) vs «it is annoying» (the cause) — like bored/boring. Annoyed is weaker than angry. «Annoyed with a person», «annoyed about/at a thing».

### In the corpora

- [Bright camera flashes over years can fade delicate colours and annoy visitors; many museums allow photos without flash.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/17-museums-and-galleries-how-to-visit-and-what-is-there/10/)
- [Alice starts to feel uneasy: what will happen to her when it's her turn to annoy the Queen?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/16-alice-the-queens-croquet-ground-2/3/)
- [That's what annoys me most!»](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/67-willows-ch11-part3-badger-and-mole-come-home/37/)
- [Prank calls can scare or annoy people, especially older people living alone.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/204-pranks/21/)
- [To Tom it felt like a game; to Lily it hurt a bit and annoyed her a lot.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/387-ponytail-tugging-crushes-shown-clumsily/1/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «annoy» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/annoy/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.