ANNOY
What does "ANNOY" mean?
To irritate or bother someone, especially repeatedly.
Meanings
- To make someone slightly angry or impatient. The dripping tap began to annoy her around midnight.
- To harass or molest by repeated attacks. Skirmishers were sent to annoy the enemy's flank. archaic
Did you know?
- 'Annoy' descends from the Latin phrase 'in odio est' - 'it is hateful to me' - so the word literally carries the seed of the word 'odious'.
Word origin
From Old French 'anoier', to weary or vex, from the Latin phrase 'in odio' (as in 'mihi in odio est', 'it is hateful to me'), literally 'in hatred'.
Remember it
ANNOY has a double N - like the double knock that won't stop.
A little poem
One mosquito hums-
the whole dark room is its stage
and you, its captive.
haiku
Wordplay
- I'd tell you a joke about an annoying noise, but it would just keep coming back.
What it teaches
The small irritations win by repetition, not size; one drip is nothing, ten thousand is a flood.
Quick facts
What does ANNOY mean?
To irritate or bother someone, especially repeatedly.
Is ANNOY a valid word?
Yes — ANNOY is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is ANNOY?
ANNOY has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does ANNOY come from?
From Old French 'anoier', to weary or vex, from the Latin phrase 'in odio' (as in 'mihi in odio est', 'it is hateful to me'), literally 'in hatred'.
What can ANNOY teach us?
The small irritations win by repetition, not size; one drip is nothing, ten thousand is a flood.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.