Annoyed

How to spell annoyed

7 letters · 2 syllables

How to pronounce annoyed

Say the part in capitals loudest.

What does annoyed mean?

1. adjectiveFeeling mild irritation or displeasure at something.

Annoyed in a sentence

• She was annoyed by the constant noise from the building site.

• The customers grew annoyed when the flight was delayed for a third time.

Where does annoyed come from?

Language of origin: French

This word descends from the Latin phrase in odio, literally meaning 'in hatred', which lay behind the Vulgar Latin verb inodiare, 'to make loathsome'. That verb passed into Old French as anoier or anuier, meaning 'to weary, vex or trouble', and English borrowed it in the 1200s as 'annoy'. The original Latin noun odium, meaning 'hatred', still survives in English as the formal word for general detestation. The familiar adjective 'annoyed' is simply the past participle of that borrowed verb, describing the state of someone who has been vexed or irritated. The doubled n, which is the usual spelling trap, comes from the Latin prefix in- assimilating before the root, while the single y followed by -ed catches writers who expect an i.

How the word is built

• annoy- (from Latin in odio: in hatred)
• -ed (past tense / adjective suffix)