Annoy and Try

Annoy

Annoy verb - To disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts.

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Try and annoy are semantically related In some cases you can use "Try" instead a verb "Annoy".

Nearby Words: annoyance, annoying

Try verb - To subject (a personal quality or faculty) to often excessive stress.

Usage example: you're trying my patience

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Annoy and try are semantically related in bother topic. Sometimes you can use "Annoy" instead a verb "Try".

Nearby Words: tried, trying

people	annoy people	try people
someone	annoy someone	try someone
rest	annoy rest	try rest
death	annoy death	try death
Other words: characters, player, everyone, sister, friends, heroes.

After the Doug/Critic scene in To Boldly Flee and Critic being mostly retired, the people still calling Doug "Critic" all the time are probably just doing it to try and annoy him.

Source: Creator / Doug Walker
He doesn't go out of his way to make friends and likes to work alone; the first half of the first season is him just messing with Scully to try and annoy her enough to get her to leave.

Source: Loners Are Freaks
Vegetto makes a similar bluff to Super Buu, which is part of a larger plan to simply annoy him so much that he'll try to absorb Vegetto, allowing him to rescue the others Buu has absorbed.

Source: With My Hands Tied

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