annoy

Other forms of annoy

past tense

annoyed·

present participle

annoying·

third person

annoys·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about annoy

What does annoy mean?

annoy means "cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations".

How many syllables are in annoy?

annoy has 2 syllables: an-noy. The stress falls on "noy". In IPA it is /əˈnɔɪ/.

What is another word for annoy?

Close synonyms include rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is annoy a common word?

annoy is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with annoy?

1 word rhymes with annoy. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.