[f. ANNOY v. + -ING1.] The giving of trouble or vexation; annoyance. (Now gerundial.)
c. 1330. Arth. & Merl., 4470. No might do with hir wicheing In Inglond non anoiing.
1566. T. Stapleton, Ret. Untr. Jewel, iii. 116. To whom euery light discorde is a great anoying.
1712. Addison, Spect., No. 441, ¶ 2. Every Thing that is capable of annoying or offending us.