How to spell annoyed

hear it/ʌ'nɔɪd/adjectiveRules and real life

What it means: Aroused to impatience or anger.

In a sentence: The cat looked annoyed when it couldn't catch the butterfly.

The part people get wrong

Watch for double n, and an unstressed vowel that is hard to hear. Often misspelled as anoyed or annoyd.

Same family: annoying, annoyance, annoyingly, irritated. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Annoyed comes from the verb "annoy," which entered English from Old French "anoier," meaning to disturb or bother. The word ultimately traces back to a Latin root meaning "to be hateful" or "to be troublesome."

Patterns it uses: The unstressed vowel (schwa)

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