n. A disturbed state of feeling arising from displeasing acts or unpleasant circumstances; discomfort; vexation; trouble; annoyance.n. A thing or circumstance that causes discomfort; an annoyance.n. [Now chiefly poetic; the common word in prose is annoyance.]To be hateful or troublesome: followed by to.[By omission of reflexive pronoun.] To be troubled, disquieted, vexed.To be hateful, troublesome, or vexatious to; trouble, disquiet, disturb, vex, molest, harass, plague; irk, weary, bore, especially by repeated acts: as, to annoy a person by perpetual questioning; to annoy the enemy by raids: in the passive, followed by at or about, formerly by of.Synonyms Molest, Plague, etc. (see tease), trouble, disturb, disquiet, vex, irritate, fret, embarrass, perplex.