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# annoyed

«annoyed» in Mova's school dictionary: **a bit angry or irritated about something («I was annoyed…** — 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

adjective (annoyed, more annoyed); verb form of annoy (annoy, annoys, annoyed, annoying)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Annoyed means a bit angry or irritated about something («I was annoyed when my brother took my pens»). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/annoyed/#m1)

2) Annoyed (verb form) means made someone a bit angry («The noise annoyed the neighbours»). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/annoyed/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In PSHE pupils name feelings: annoyed is milder than angry or furious; they learn calm ways to deal with it (breathe, say how you feel, walk away). In stories it shows a character's mood. Phrases: «annoyed with someone», «annoyed about/at something», «get annoyed».

### examples

- I was annoyed when the bus was late. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/annoyed/#x1)
- Mum gets annoyed when we leave our shoes on the stairs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/annoyed/#x2)
- She was annoyed with her friend for telling the secret. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/annoyed/#x3)
- The buzzing fly annoyed everyone in the classroom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/annoyed/#x4)
- He looked annoyed but said nothing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/annoyed/#x5)
- Don't get annoyed; just ask him to stop. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/annoyed/#x6)
- The teacher was annoyed about the noise. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/annoyed/#x7)
- I'm annoyed at myself for forgetting my lunch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/annoyed/#x8)
- “Do not be annoyed, dear wife. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/annoyed/#x9)

### note

Trap: «annoyed» is how you feel; «annoying» is the thing that causes the feeling («The noise was annoying; I was annoyed»). Use «annoyed with» a person, «annoyed about/at» a thing. Double n in «annoy».

### In the corpora

- [Ears pricked forward mean a horse is interested; ears pinned flat back are a warning that it is angry or annoyed.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/207-horses-and-ponies-how-they-eat-see-sleep-and-live-in-herds/8/)
- [A tail that flicks, swishes or thumps usually means the cat is annoyed.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/23-understanding-cats/10/)
- [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/)
- [Being «tilted» means you are so annoyed you start playing worse and worse.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/407-rage-quitting-and-ranked/11/)
- [Real people are happy to wait for your grown-up; tricksters get annoyed and leave.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/446-a-strangers-story/29/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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