What does annoyance mean?
Word: Annoyance
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Annoyance means the feeling of being slightly angry or irritated, or something that causes this feeling.
Synonyms: bother, nuisance
Antonyms: pleasure, delight
How do you spell annoyance?
Syllables: an - noy - ance
Tricky part: There are two n's at the start. You hear only one n sound, so many children write anoyance.
Watch out for: anoyance, annoiance, anoiance
Memory tip: Annual, announce and annoy all open with a-n-n. Annoyance keeps that double n from annoy.
Annoyance in a sentence
Example 1: To Riya's annoyance, the power went off just as the match reached the final over.
Example 2: The constant honking outside the school gate was an annoyance for everyone.
Example 3: He hid his annoyance when his little brother mixed up the jigsaw pieces.
Fun Fact
Annoy goes back to a Latin phrase meaning 'hateful to me'. Over the centuries its meaning softened into something much milder.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Makeup
Choose the suffix that completes the word:
annoy
a) ence
b) anse
c) ance
d) ense
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c) ance. Annoy takes ance, the same ending as in disturbance.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) irritable
b) annoyance
c) tedious
d) agrivate
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d) agrivate. Aggravate has a double g and an a after the r, so agrivate is misspelt.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word:
annoyance
a) irritation
b) gratitude
c) patience
d) calmness
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a) irritation. Irritation is the cross feeling something annoying gives you.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
eoaynncna
a) allowance
b) annoyance
c) ambulance
d) assurance
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b) annoyance. The y in the jumble points to one word only; allowance, ambulance and assurance have no y.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. In a library, what is most likely to cause annoyance?
a) a librarian stamping a book
b) a fan humming softly
c) a reader taking notes in silence
d) a phone ringing again and again
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d) a phone ringing again and again
2. Which word names a much stronger feeling than annoyance?
a) bother
b) irritation
c) vexation
d) rage
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d) rage
