annoyance Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed
botheration; vexation; irritation.
noun anger produced by some annoying irritation
chafe; vexation.
noun an unpleasant person who is annoying or exasperating
aggravator.
noun something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness
pain in the ass; pain; infliction; bother; botheration; pain in the neck.
- washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washer
- a bit of a bother
- he's not a friend, he's an infliction
noun the act of troubling or annoying someone
annoying; vexation; irritation.

OF. anoiance, anuiance.

The act of annoying, or the state of being annoyed; molestation; vexation; annoy.
A deep clay, giving much annoyance to passengers. Fuller.

For the further annoyance and terror of any besieged place, they would throw into it dead bodies. Wilkins.
That which annoys.
A grain, a dust, a gnat, a wandering hair, Any annoyance in that precious sense. Shak.