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Meaning of 'irritate'
Meaning of 'irritate' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Irritate 
[ a.]
- Excited; heightened. [ a.]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. [ n.]3. Irritate [ v. t.]
- To render null and void. [ v. t.]- 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]
[ v]Meaning (1):
- excite to an abnormal condition, or chafe or inflame
- 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
- 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
- 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
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