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   An·noy·ance

   /əˈnoiəns/

   

   noun

   • 1. the feeling or state of being annoyed; irritation: "there was annoyance at the interruption" Similar irritationexasperationvexationindignationangercrossnessdispleasurechagrinpiqueinformal:aggravationliterary:ireOpposite pleasure
   • ▪ a thing that annoys someone; a nuisance: "the Council found him an annoyance" Similar nuisancesource of irritationpestbothertrialirritantinconveniencemenacethorn in one's fleshinformal:painpain in the neckbindboreheadachehasslenyaffskelfpain in the buttnudnikburr in/under someone's saddlefair cownarkvulgar slang:pain in the arsepain in the ass

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French anoiance, from anoier (see annoy).

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