annoying

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   causing irritation or annoyance

   The kid was tapping an annoying rhythm on a glass.

2. 2
   adj

   Causing irritation or annoyance; troublesome; vexatious.

   Having flies in your bedroom when you're trying to sleep is really annoying.

3. 3
   noun

   That which annoys; an annoyance.

   […] they lose the true spirit of Christianity; and, while their heads are filled with clouds of mysticism, and the smoke of metaphysical nonsense, their hearts are filled with uncharitableness and bitter annoyings.

4. 4
   noun

   the act of troubling or annoying someone

5. 5
   verb

   present participle and gerund of annoy

Etymology

From annoy + -ing.