Usually means: Cause irritation or slight anger.
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General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. annoy: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. annoy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. annoy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. annoy: Collins English Dictionary
  5. annoy: Vocabulary.com
  6. Annoy, annoy: Wordnik
  7. annoy: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. annoy: Wiktionary
  9. annoy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. annoy: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. annoy: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Annoy, annoy: Dictionary.com
  13. annoy: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. annoy: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Annoy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Annoy: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. annoy: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. annoy: Rhymezone
  19. annoy: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. annoy: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. annoy: Free Dictionary
  22. annoy: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. annoy: Dictionary/thesaurus
  24. annoy: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  25. annoy: Merriam-Webster.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. annoy: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. annoy: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Annoy: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See annoyed as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (transitive) To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to bother with unpleasant deeds.
verb:  (intransitive) To do something to upset or anger someone; to be troublesome.
verb:  (transitive, archaic) To molest; to harm; to injure.
noun:  (literary, archaic) A feeling of discomfort or vexation caused by what one dislikes.
noun:  (literary, archaic) That which causes such a feeling.

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