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Meaning of 'irritate' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Irritate [ a.]
- Excited; heightened.
2 . Irritate [ n.]
- To make morbidly excitable, or oversensitive; to fret; as, the skin is irritated by friction; to irritate a wound by a coarse bandage.
3 . Irritate [ v. t.]
- To render null and void.
- To increase the action or violence of; to heighten excitement in; to intensify; to stimulate.
- 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.
- To produce irritation in; to stimulate; to cause to contract. See Irritation, n., 2.

Meaning of 'irritate' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . irritate [ v]
Meaning (1):
- excite to an abnormal condition, or chafe or inflame
Example in sentence:
  • Aspirin irritates my stomach
Meaning (2):
- excite to some characteristic action or condition, such as motion, contraction, or nervous impulse, by the application of a stimulus
Example in sentence:
  • irritate the glands of a leaf
Meaning (3):
- cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
Example in sentence:
  • It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves;
  • Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me

Nearby Words:

irradiance irradiancy irradiant irradiate irradiated irradiating irradiation irradicate irrational irrationality

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