Annoyance and Outrage

Annoyance

Annoyance noun - The feeling of impatience or anger caused by another's repeated disagreeable acts.

Usage example: Carlene made known her annoyance at having to pick up her sister's dirty clothes

Show all Definitions

Outrage and annoyance are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Outrage" instead a noun "Annoyance".

Nearby Words: annoy, annoyed, annoying

Outrage noun - An intense emotional state of displeasure with someone or something.

Usage example: the actress could barely contain her outrage at being passed over for an Oscar yet again

Show all Definitions

Annoyance and outrage are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Annoyance" instead a noun "Outrage".

similar	similar annoyance	similar outrage
public	public annoyance	public outrage
utter	utter annoyance	utter outrage
initial	initial annoyance	initial outrage
Other adjectives: sheer, obvious, real, constant, massive, great, intense, serious, huge, little, personal, major, general, minor, eternal, immense, growing, mounting, biggest.

When Silent Hill 2 was remastered in an "HD Collection", many fans expressed everything from annoyance to outrage at the recasting of character voices and clearer, more crisp graphics.

Source: I Liked It Better When It Sucked
This is a recurring trend on King of the Hill, where Hank's reaction to whatever Bobby's current interest is varies somewhere between annoyance, shame, and outrage.

Source: Fantasy-Forbidding Father

Cite this Source

Outrage and Annoyance. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/annoyance/outrage

Annoyance & Outrage. N.p., 2016. Web. 01 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/annoyance/outrage>.

Outrage or Annoyance. 2016. Accessed August 01, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/annoyance/outrage.

Google Ngram Viewer shows how "annoyance" and "outrage" have occurred on timeline