Definition of irritate

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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..

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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..
Irritate :: Irritate (v. t.) To increase the action or violence of; to heighten excitement in; to intensify; to stimulate.
Fret :: Fret (v. t.) To tease; to irritate; to vex.
Irritate :: Irritate (v. t.) To render null and void.
Inflame :: Inflame (v. t.) To provoke to anger or rage; to exasperate; to irritate; to incense; to enrage.
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..
Urticate :: Urticate (v. t. & i.) To sting with, or as with, nettles; to irritate; to annoy..
Chafe :: Chafe (v. i.) To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated.
Emboil :: Emboil (v. t.) To cause to boil with anger; to irritate; to chafe.
Bloodshot :: Bloodshot (a.) Red and inflamed; suffused with blood, or having the vessels turgid with blood, as when the conjunctiva is inflamed or irritated..
Counterirritate :: Counterirritate (v. t.) To produce counter irritation in; to treat with one morbid process for the purpose of curing another.
Hiss :: Hiss (n.) The note of a goose when 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.
Quarrelsome :: Quarrelsome (a.) Apt or disposed to quarrel; given to brawls and contention; easily irritated or provoked to contest; irascible; choleric.
Irritative :: Irritative (a.) Serving to excite or irritate; irritating; as, an irritative agent..
Chafe :: Chafe (v. t.) To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.
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 produce irritation in; to stimulate; to cause to contract. See Irritation, n., 2..
Inflammatory :: Inflammatory (a.) Tending to inflame, kindle, or irritate..
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..
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