Whats the ideal synonym for annoying?

d.) then bernice winced as marjorie tossed her own hair over her shoulders and began to twist it slowly into two long blond braids until in her cream-colored negligée she looked like a delicate painting of some saxon princess. fascinated, bernice watched the braids grow. heavy and luxurious they were, moving under the supple fingers like restive snakes—and to bernice remained this relic and the curling iron and a to-morrow full of eyes.

"freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear.

the four freedoms were goals articulated by united states president franklin d. roosevelt on january 6, 1941"

i think she wanted to protect her children from the extreme racism of the american south.