"annoyance" in the noun sense
1. irritation, annoyance, vexation, botheration
the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed
2. annoyance, chafe, vexation
anger produced by some annoying irritation
3. aggravator, annoyance
an unpleasant person who is annoying or exasperating
4. annoyance, bother, botheration, pain, infliction, pain in the neck, pain in the ass
something or someone that causes trouble a source of unhappiness
"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"
5. annoyance, annoying, irritation, vexation
the act of troubling or annoying someone
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