Annoyed

Part of speech: adjective

Pronunciation: /əˈnɔɪd/

Definitions

1. Feeling a sense of irritation or displeasure stemming from the actions or behavior of others
2. Being disturbed by someone's conduct or an event that causes dissatisfaction and frustration
3. Experiencing mild anger or vexation due to unpleasant or bothersome circumstances

Etymology: "Annoyed" is the past tense and past participle of "annoy", so its story is really the story of the verb. The verb traces back to Late Latin "inodiare", meaning "to make loathsome", built from Latin "odium", "loathing" or "hatred". Medieval Latin speakers thus had a word that literally meant making someone hateful or repugnant, and it passed into Old French as "anoier", meaning "to bother or disturb". English borrowed the verb in Middle English as "anoyen", and it pushed out native Old English verbs such as "dreċċan" and "gremman", both meaning to vex or trouble. The meaning has softened considerably over the centuries: a word once tied to hatred now describes the mild irritation of a minor inconvenience. The verb also has a near twin in English. "Annoy" comes from Old French "enui", which gave English "anoy", and "enui" is a doublet of "ennui", the word for listless boredom that English borrowed from French later on.

Synonyms: irritated, bothered, upset, vexed, exasperated

Antonyms: pleased, delighted, satisfied