1. Causing irritation or annoyance
   "tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork";
   - bothersome, galling, irritating, nettlesome, pesky [informal], pestering, pestiferous, plaguy, plaguey, teasing, vexatious, vexing, irksome, niggly, dratted [informal], aggravating

1. The act of troubling or annoying someone
   "His constant annoying of his siblings led to family arguments";
   - annoyance, irritation, vexation

1. Cause annoyance, especially by persistent minor irritations
   "His constant interruptions annoy the entire team";
   - rag, get to, bother, get at [informal], irritate, rile, nark [Brit, slang], nettle, gravel [US], vex, chafe [archaic], devil, tick off [informal], roil [N. Amer]

See also: disagreeable

Type of: displease, mistreatment

Encyclopedia: Annoying