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Defenition of the word irritate

    • Defenition of the word irritate

      • To have an unwanted negative influence on someone, to be distractive to or for someone, impress someone or something in a troublesome or uneasy way.
      • To make someone rather angry or impatient; to cause annoyance.
      • cause annoyance in; disturb, esp. by minor irritations: "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"
      • cause to be in a worse state; "Aspirin irritates my stomach"
      • excite to an abnormal condition, of chafe or inflame; "Aspirin irritates my stomach"
      • 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"
      • 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"
      • excite to an abnormal condition, or chafe or inflame
      • excite to some characteristic action or condition, such as motion, contraction, or nervous impulse, by the application of a stimulus
      • cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations

    Synonyms for the word irritate

      • aggravate
      • annoy
      • bother
      • chafe
      • devil
      • exasperate
      • get at
      • get on your nerves
      • get to
      • gravel
      • inflame
      • infuriate
      • make itch
      • make smart
      • nark
      • nettle
      • rag
      • rile
      • rub
      • rub the wrong way
      • sting
      • vex
      • wind somebody up

    Similar words in the irritate

      • irritate
      • irritated
      • irritates

    Hyponyms for the word irritate

      • antagonise
      • antagonize
      • beset
      • chafe
      • chevvy
      • chevy
      • chivvy
      • chivy
      • eat into
      • fret
      • gall
      • get
      • get under one's skin
      • grate
      • harass
      • harry
      • hassle
      • itch
      • molest
      • peeve
      • pinch
      • plague
      • provoke
      • rankle
      • rub
      • ruffle
      • scratch
      • vellicate

    Hypernyms for the word irritate

      • aggravate
      • displease
      • exacerbate
      • exasperate
      • excite
      • stimulate
      • worsen

    Antonyms for the word irritate

      • soothe

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