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Meaning of 'irritation' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Irritation [ n.]
- The act of irritating, or exciting, or the state of being irritated; excitement; stimulation, usually of an undue and uncomfortable kind; especially, excitement of anger or passion; provocation; annoyance; anger.
- The act of exciting, or the condition of being excited to action, by stimulation; -- as, the condition of an organ of sense, when its nerve is affected by some external body; esp., the act of exciting muscle fibers to contraction, by artificial stimulation; as, the irritation of a motor nerve by electricity; also, the condition of a muscle and nerve, under such stimulation.
- A condition of morbid excitability or oversensitiveness of an organ or part of the body; a state in which the application of ordinary stimuli produces pain or excessive or vitiated action.

Meaning of 'irritation' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . irritation [ n]
Meaning (1):
- (pathology) abnormal sensitivity to stimulation
Example in sentence:
  • any food produced irritation of the stomach
Meaning (2):
- a sudden outburst of anger
Example in sentence:
  • his temper sparked like damp firewood

Nearby Words:

irradiance irradiancy irradiant irradiate irradiated irradiating irradiation irradicate irrational irrationality

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