Definition of irritate

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Irritate (v. t.) To increase the action or violence of; to heighten excitement in; to intensify; to stimulate.

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Irritated :: Irritated (imp. & p. p.) of Irritat.
Choleric :: Choleric (a.) Easily irritated; irascible; inclined to anger.
Vexingly :: Vexingly (adv.) In a vexing manner; so as to vex, tease, or irritate..
Irritate :: Irritate (a.) Excited; heightened.
Edgy :: Edgy (a.) Easily irritated; sharp; as, an edgy temper..
Chafe :: Chafe (v. i.) To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated.
Hiss :: Hiss (n.) The note of a goose when irritated.
Irritate :: Irritate (v. t.) To render null and void.
Aggravate :: Aggravate (v. t.) To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate.
Quarrelsome :: Quarrelsome (a.) Apt or disposed to quarrel; given to brawls and contention; easily irritated or provoked to contest; irascible; choleric.
Vex :: Vex (v. i.) To be irritated; to fret.
Stimulation :: Stimulate (v. t.) To excite; to irritate; especially, to excite the activity of (a nerve or an irritable muscle), as by electricity..
Acontia :: Acontia (n. pl.) Threadlike defensive organs, composed largely of nettling cells (cnidae), thrown out of the mouth or special pores of certain Actiniae when irritated..
Importune :: Importune (a.) To request or solicit, with urgency; to press with frequent, unreasonable, or troublesome application or pertinacity; hence, to tease; to irritate; to worry..
Irritate :: Irritate (v. t.) To increase the action or violence of; to heighten excitement in; to intensify; to stimulate.
Grate :: Grate (v. t.) To fret; to irritate; to offend.
Irritate :: Irritate (v. t.) To produce irritation in; to stimulate; to cause to contract. See Irritation, n., 2..
Provoke :: Provoke (v. t.) To call forth; to call into being or action; esp., to incense to action, a faculty or passion, as love, hate, or ambition; hence, commonly, to incite, as a person, to action by a challenge, by taunts, or by defiance; to exasperate; to irritate; to offend intolerably; to cause to retaliate..
Tease :: Tease (v. t.) To vex with importunity or impertinence; to harass, annoy, disturb, or irritate by petty requests, or by jests and raillery; to plague..
Abirritate :: Abirritate (v. t.) To diminish the sensibility of; to debilitate.
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