ppl. a. [f. ANNOY v. + -ED.]
1. Disturbed by what one dislikes; troubled, vexed, offended.
a. 1300. K. Alis., 3310. Y am aschamed And sore anoyed, and agramed.
1388. Wyclif, Bar. iii. 1. A soule in angwischis and a spirit anoied crieth to thee.
1611. Cotgr., Molesté … offended, combered, vexed, annoyed.
1823. Lamb, Elia (1860), 265. The actor who plays the annoyed man.
Mod. She had an annoyed, harassed look.
† 2. Of things: Detrimentally affected; incommoded, pestered. Obs.
1620. Venner, Via Recta, Introd. 11. Them that haue their lungs annoyed with much moisture.
1658. Evelyn, Fr. Gard. (1675), 105. A garden annoy’d with this plague.
