annoyed

[ uh-noid ]

adjective

1. irritated, disturbed, or bothered:

   I was quite annoyed by the time he arrived, over an hour late.

Word History and Origins

Origin of annoyed¹

annoy ( def ) + -ed ²( def )

Example Sentences

And they got annoyed because they didn’t want to be a ballad band.

From Los Angeles Times

Maybe she was pretending to be annoyed or was in bad mood at the time the picture was taken.

From BBC

Orban was due to arrive in Tbilisi on Monday on a two-day visit that has annoyed several of his European partners because of the message it sends the Georgian government.

From BBC

But at a certain point, JT said they became very annoyed that Fegan wouldn't meet with them because they were in the same city.

From Salon

He waited a few years before he really started becoming opinionated, and then once Walt started listening to him, it annoyed all the other Imagineers.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• bothered
• miffed
• upset