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# annoyance

«annoyance» in Mova's school dictionary: **the feeling of being a little angry or cross because…** — 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

noun (annoyance — uncountable; an annoyance, annoyances)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Annoyance is the feeling of being a little angry or cross because something bothers you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/annoyance/#m1)

2) An annoyance is a thing or person that bothers you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/annoyance/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In stories it names a character's mild anger: «to her annoyance», «with annoyance». In everyday life small annoyances are things like a buzzing fly, a slow computer, or a dripping tap. In social lessons pupils learn to say calmly what annoys them.

### examples

- To my annoyance, the bus left just as I arrived. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/annoyance/#x1)
- The buzzing fly was a big annoyance. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/annoyance/#x2)
- He sighed with annoyance when the computer froze. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/annoyance/#x3)
- Loud music at night is an annoyance to neighbours. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/annoyance/#x4)
- She hid her annoyance and smiled. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/annoyance/#x5)
- Wet socks are a small annoyance. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/annoyance/#x6)
- Soon afterwards Hera, to her extreme annoyance, discovered whom she had nursed, and became filled with jealous rage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/annoyance/#x7)

### note

Verb: annoy; adjectives: annoyed (how you feel), annoying (what causes it). «I am annoyed» (not «I am annoying», which means you annoy others). Annoyance is weaker than anger. Spelled with double n and «-ance».

### In the corpora

- ["For heaven's sake" is a polite way of saying "for God's sake", said in annoyance.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/32-religion-fate-failure/11/)
- ["Jeez" is a mild word used instead of "Jesus", said in surprise or annoyance.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/37-bats-and-gosh/17/)
- ["For crying out loud" is a mild way of saying "for Christ's sake", showing annoyance.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/37-bats-and-gosh/21/)
- ["For Pete's sake" is a mild way of saying "for God's sake", showing annoyance.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/37-bats-and-gosh/22/)
- ["Fiddlesticks!" is an old-fashioned mild word for annoyance instead of a real swear.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/39-pardon-my-french/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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