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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Quarrelsome :: Quarrelsome (a.) Apt or disposed to quarrel; given to brawls and contention; easily irritated or provoked to contest; irascible; choleric.
Badger :: Badger (v. t.) To tease or annoy, as a badger when baited; to worry or irritate persistently..
Inflammatory :: Inflammatory (a.) Tending to inflame, kindle, or irritate..
Inflame :: Inflame (v. t.) To provoke to anger or rage; to exasperate; to irritate; to incense; to enrage.
Displease :: Displease (v. t.) To make not pleased; to excite a feeling of disapprobation or dislike in; to be disagreeable to; to offend; to vex; -- often followed by with or at. It usually expresses less than to anger, vex, irritate, or provoke..
Irritant :: Irritant (n.) That which irritates or excites.
Irritate :: Irritate (v. t.) 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..
Aggravate :: Aggravate (v. t.) To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate.
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..
Sting :: Sting (v. t.) To pierce or wound with a sting; as, bees will sting an animal that irritates them; the nettles stung his hands..
Pique :: Pique (v. t.) To wound the pride of; to sting; to nettle; to irritate; to fret; to offend; to excite to anger.
Testy :: Testy (superl.) Fretful; peevish; petulant; easily irritated.
Choleric :: Choleric (a.) Easily irritated; irascible; inclined to anger.
Chafe :: Chafe (v. t.) To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.
Irritate :: 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..
Vexingly :: Vexingly (adv.) In a vexing manner; so as to vex, tease, or irritate..
Irritate :: Irritate (v. t.) To render null and void.
Exasperate :: Exasperate (v. t.) To irritate in a high degree; to provoke; to enrage; to exscite or to inflame the anger of; as, to exasperate a person or his feelings..
Grate :: Grate (v. t.) To fret; to irritate; to offend.
Spite :: Spite (n.) Ill-will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the disposition to irritate, annoy, or thwart; petty malice; grudge; rancor; despite..
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