annoy

/əˈnɔɪ/

transitive verb

Irritate (someone); make (someone) a little angry.

your damned cheerfulness has always annoyed me

irritate,vex,make angry,make cross,anger,exasperate,irk,gall,pique,put out,displease,get someone’s back up,put someone’s back up,antagonize,get on someone’s nerves,rub up the wrong way,ruffle,ruffle someone’s feathers,make someone’s hackles rise,raise someone’s hackles

SYNONYMS

angerantagonizedispleaseexasperategallget on someone's nervesget someone's back upirkirritatemake angrymake crossmake someone's hackles risepiqueput output someone's back upraise someone's hacklesrub up the wrong wayruffleruffle someone's feathersvex