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The definition of annoy means to irritate or disturb.

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An example of annoy is to repeatedly poke someone in the arm.

See annoy in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb

to irritate, bother, or make somewhat angry, as by a repeated action, noise, etc.
to harm by repeated attacks; harry; molest

Origin: ME anoien < OFr anoier < VL inodiare < in odio habere (or esse), to have (or be) in hate: see odium

intransitive verb

to be annoying

Related Forms:

annoyer noun

See annoy in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb an·noyed, an·noy·ing, an·noys

To cause slight irritation to (another) by troublesome, often repeated acts.
Archaic To harass or disturb by repeated attacks.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English anoien

Origin: , from Old French anoier, ennuyer

Origin: , from Vulgar Latin *inodiāre, to make odious

Origin: , from Latin in odio, odious

Origin: : in, in; see in-²

Origin: + odiō

Origin: , ablative of odium, hatred; see od- in Indo-European roots

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