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noun

Annoyance n.

The act of annoying, or the state of being annoyed; molestation; vexation; annoy. "A deep clay, giving much annoyance to passengers." "For the further annoyance and terror of any besieged place, they would throw into it dead bodies."

That which annoys. "A grain, a dust, a gnat, a wandering hair, Any annoyance in that precious sense."

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Etymology of 'Annoyance'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Annoyance" Quotes from Famous Books

... vengeance would point the shaft! The reproduction of her sister's face seemed to touch her to her very bosom's core. There is some fixed purpose in this cold-hearted woman's coming! Not a lingering annoyance, but some coup de main, a bolt to be launched at Hugh ...

— A Fascinating Traitor • Richard Henry Savage

... Lose the chief annoyance in the tall place where the intermediate thing is seen. Surely it would sacrifice a place if there had not been a wall that ...

— Matisse Picasso and Gertrude Stein - With Two Shorter Stories • Gertrude Stein

... people who are bashful, awkward, and tongue-tied in the presence of strangers, whose tremors wholly disappear in the family circle. If these were rational fears, they might be caused by the consciousness of the inspection and possible disapproval of those among whom one lives, and whose annoyance and criticism might have unpleasant practical effects. Yet they are caused often by the presence of those whose disapproval is not of the smallest consequence, those, in fact, whom one is not likely to see again. ...

— Where No Fear Was - A Book About Fear • Arthur Christopher Benson

... Arthur. But supposing all that has happened to you had been merely what might happen at any moment to anybody, some actual defacement (you will forgive me suggesting such a horrible thing)—why, if what you say is true, even in that case my sympathy would have been only a continual fret and annoyance to you. And this—this change, I own, is infinitely harder to bear. It would be an outrage on common sense and on all that we hold seemly and—and sacred in life, even in some trumpery story. You do, you must ...

— The Return • Walter de la Mare

... also but for two drawbacks: one was, that he could by no exertion sit easy in his chair, the seat of which was very hard, angular, slippery, and sloping; the other, that tobacco-smoke always caused him great internal discomposure and annoyance. But as he was quite a creature of Mr Quilp's and had a thousand reasons for conciliating his good opinion, he tried to smile, and nodded his acquiescence with the best grace ...

— The Old Curiosity Shop • Charles Dickens

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