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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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..
Irritate :: Irritate (v. t.) To render null and void.
Fire :: Fire (v. t.) To inflame; to irritate, as the passions; as, to fire the soul with anger, pride, or revenge..
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..
Vex :: Vex (v. i.) To be irritated; to fret.
Fret :: Fret (v. t.) To tease; to irritate; to vex.
Chafe :: Chafe (v. i.) To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated.
Bloodshot :: Bloodshot (a.) Red and inflamed; suffused with blood, or having the vessels turgid with blood, as when the conjunctiva is inflamed or irritated..
Quarrelsome :: Quarrelsome (a.) Apt or disposed to quarrel; given to brawls and contention; easily irritated or provoked to contest; irascible; choleric.
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..
Urticate :: Urticate (v. t. & i.) To sting with, or as with, nettles; to irritate; to annoy..
Hiss :: Hiss (n.) The note of a goose when irritated.
Counterirritate :: Counterirritate (v. t.) To produce counter irritation in; to treat with one morbid process for the purpose of curing another.
Fire :: Fire (v. i.) To be irritated or inflamed with passion.
Pique :: Pique (v. t.) To wound the pride of; to sting; to nettle; to irritate; to fret; to offend; to excite to anger.
Irritate :: Irritate (v. t.) To produce irritation in; to stimulate; to cause to contract. See Irritation, n., 2..
Chafe :: Chafe (v. t.) To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.
Inflammatory :: Inflammatory (a.) Tending to inflame, kindle, or irritate..
Testy :: Testy (superl.) Fretful; peevish; petulant; easily irritated.
Irritative :: Irritative (a.) Serving to excite or irritate; irritating; as, an irritative agent..
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