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1. (v.t.) irritate
to excite to impatience or anger; annoy.
2. irritate
Physiol., Biol. to excite (a living system) to some characteristic action or function.
3. irritate
Pathol. to bring (a body part) to an abnormally excited or sensitive condition.
4. (v.i.) irritate
to cause irritation or become irritated.
Etymology: (1525–35; < L irrītātus, ptp. of irrītāre to arouse to anger, excite, aggravate)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil
cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
"Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"
2. (verb) irritate
excite to an abnormal condition, or chafe or inflame
"Aspirin irritates my stomach"
3. (verb) irritate
excite to some characteristic action or condition, such as motion, contraction, or nervous impulse, by the application of a stimulus
"irritate the glands of a leaf"
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1. (verb) irritate
to annoy or make angry
***The way he constantly taps really irritates me.
2. irritate
***to cause slight pain or discomfort
This cream may irritate your skin.; I get irritated by people who drive too slowly.; an irritated throat
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| Definition of 'irritate' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) irritate
excited; heightened
2. (noun) irritate
to make morbidly excitable, or oversensitive; to fret; as, the skin is irritated by friction; to irritate a wound by a coarse bandage
3. (verb) irritate
to render null and void
4. (verb) irritate
to increase the action or violence of; to heighten excitement in; to intensify; to stimulate
5. (verb) irritate
to excite anger or displeasure in; to provoke; to tease; to exasperate; to annoy; to vex; as, the insolence of a tyrant irritates his subjects
6. (verb) irritate
to produce irritation in; to stimulate; to cause to contract. See Irritation, n., 2
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Sense: to annoy or make angry
The children's chatter irritated him.
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 Afrikaans: irriteer |
 Arabic: يُغْضِب، يُغيظ |
 Bulgarian: дразня |
 Brazilian: irritar |
 Czech: popouzet |
 German: verärgern |
 Danish: irritere |
 Greek: εκνευρίζω, ενοχλώ |
 Spanish: irritar, molestar |
 Estonian: ärritama |
 Farsi: اذیت کردن |
 Finnish: ärsyttää |
 French: agacer |
 Hebrew: לְהַרגִיז |
 Hindi: उत्तेजित करना |
 Croatian: dražiti |
 Hungarian: felbosszant |
 Indonesian: mengesalkan |
 Icelandic: erta, skaprauna |
 Italian: irritare |
 Japanese: いらいらさせる |
 Korean: 짜증나게 하다 |
 Lithuanian: erzinti, pykinti |
 Latvian: uzbudināt; aizkaitināt |
 Malay: menjengkelkan |
 Dutch: irriteren |
 Norwegian: pirre, erte, irritere |
 Polish: irytować |
 Persian: اذیت کردن |
 Pashto: آزار وركول |
 Portuguese: irritar |
 Romanian: a agasa |
 Russian: раздражать |
 Slovak: podráždiť, vyprovokovať |
 Slovenian: dražiti, jeziti |
 Serbian: iritirati |
 Swedish: irritera |
 Thai: ทำให้โมโห |
 Turkish: kızdırmak, sinirlendirmek |
 Taiwanese: 激怒 |
 Ukrainian: дратувати, сердити |
 Urdu: غصہ دلانا |
 Vietnamese: chọc giận |
 Chinese: 激怒 |
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