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annoy

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1. annoy - Noun

2. annoy - Verb

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To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to tease; to ruffle in mind; to vex; as, I was annoyed by his remarks.

To molest, incommode, or harm; as, to annoy an army by impeding its march, or by a cannonade.

A feeling of discomfort or vexation caused by what one dislikes; also, whatever causes such a feeling; as, to work annoy.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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I love being married. It's so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life. Rita Rudner

We often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy. François de La Rochefoucauld

You are precisely as big as what you love and precisely as small as what you allow to annoy you. Robert Anton Wilson

If you want to annoy the devil stay silent. Bulgarian Proverb

Annoy your doctor and sickness comes in laughing. Zimbabwe Proverb

The ancestors may annoy you but don't make a mistake of annoying them back, they may annoy you forever. African Proverb

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