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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Badger :: Badger (v. t.) To tease or annoy, as a badger when baited; to worry or irritate persistently..
Choleric :: Choleric (a.) Easily irritated; irascible; inclined to anger.
Vex :: Vex (v. t.) To make angry or annoyed by little provocations; to irritate; to plague; to torment; to harass; to afflict; to trouble; to tease.
Testy :: Testy (superl.) Fretful; peevish; petulant; easily irritated.
Acerbate :: Acerbate (v. t.) To sour; to imbitter; to irritate.
Irritative :: Irritative (a.) Serving to excite or irritate; irritating; as, an irritative agent..
Irritate :: Irritate (v. t.) To increase the action or violence of; to heighten excitement in; to intensify; to stimulate.
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..
Quarrelsome :: Quarrelsome (a.) Apt or disposed to quarrel; given to brawls and contention; easily irritated or provoked to contest; irascible; choleric.
Fret :: Fret (v. i.) To be vexed; to be chafed or irritated; to be angry; to utter peevish expressions.
Urticate :: Urticate (v. t. & i.) To sting with, or as with, nettles; to irritate; to annoy..
Vexingly :: Vexingly (adv.) In a vexing manner; so as to vex, tease, or irritate..
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..
Irritation :: 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..
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..
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..
Bloodshot :: Bloodshot (a.) Red and inflamed; suffused with blood, or having the vessels turgid with blood, as when the conjunctiva is inflamed or irritated..
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..
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..
Chafe :: Chafe (v. i.) To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated.
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