Definition of irritate

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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..

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Vex :: Vex (v. i.) To be irritated; to fret.
Choleric :: Choleric (a.) Easily irritated; irascible; inclined to anger.
Testy :: Testy (superl.) Fretful; peevish; petulant; easily irritated.
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..
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..
Fret :: Fret (v. t.) To tease; to irritate; to vex.
Hiss :: Hiss (n.) The note of a goose when irritated.
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..
Edgy :: Edgy (a.) Easily irritated; sharp; as, an edgy temper..
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..
Irritate :: Irritate (a.) Excited; heightened.
Irritated :: Irritated (imp. & p. p.) of Irritat.
Stimulation :: Stimulate (v. t.) To excite; to irritate; especially, to excite the activity of (a nerve or an irritable muscle), as by electricity..
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..
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..
Spite :: Spite (n.) Ill-will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the disposition to irritate, annoy, or thwart; petty malice; grudge; rancor; despite..
Bloodshot :: Bloodshot (a.) Red and inflamed; suffused with blood, or having the vessels turgid with blood, as when the conjunctiva is inflamed or irritated..
Nettle :: Nettle (v. t.) To fret or sting; to irritate or vex; to cause to experience sensations of displeasure or uneasiness not amounting to violent anger.
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