annoyed
/əˈnɔɪd/adjective, verb
annoyed is spelled A-N-N-O-Y-E-D: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 8.9 times per million words in written English, the 7,672nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, annoyed means “Troubled, irritated by something unwanted or unliked (an annoyance); vexed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in annoyed?
| Letters | 7: A-N-N-O-Y-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 8.9 times per million words; the 7,672nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is annoyed?
Annoyed appears 8.9 times per million words in written English, the 7,672nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce annoyed?
- UK /əˈnɔɪd/
Annoyed has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-annoyed.oga, En-us-annoyed.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with annoyed?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as annoyed (/ɔɪd/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: anodyne.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of annoyed
- more annoyed comparative
- most annoyed superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does annoyed mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Troubled, irritated by something unwanted or unliked (an annoyance); vexed.
Judy is annoyed at Jim because he forgot to put the bins out again.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of annoy
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Annoyed in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense troubled, irritated by something unwanted or unliked; vexed:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | contrarié, fâché, vexé |
| German | verärgert, sauer, genervt |
| Portuguese | irritado |
| Spanish | irritado |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.