annoyance

Other forms of annoyance

plural

annoyances·

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 annoyance

What does annoyance mean?

annoyance means "the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in annoyance?

annoyance has 3 syllables: an-no-yance. The stress falls on "no". In IPA it is /əˈnɔɪəns/.

What is another word for annoyance?

Close synonyms include irritation, vexation, botheration, chafe, vexation. 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 annoyance a common word?

annoyance is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.