====== an·noy ====== /əˈnoi/ verb: annoy 3rd person present: annoys past tense: annoyed past participle: annoyed gerund or present participle: annoying irritate (someone); make (someone) a little angry. *archaic harm or attack repeatedly.

Middle English (in the sense ‘be hateful to’): from Old French anoier (verb), anoi (noun), based on Latin in odio in the phrase mihi in odio est ‘it is hateful to me’.