Irritate
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English
Verb
Irritate (third-person singular simple present Irritates, present participle irritating, simple past and past participle irritated)
- (transitive) To provoke impatience, anger, or displeasure.
- (transitive) To introduce irritability.
- (intransitive) To cause or induce displeasure or irritation.
- (transitive) To induce pain in (all or part of a body or organism).
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Adverbs for Irritate
unduly; nervously; perpetually; exasperat-ingly; sharply; temporarily; psychologically; physically; childishly; needlessly; excessively; superfluously.
Thesaurus
abrade, afflict, affront, agent provocateur, aggravate, agonize, ail, alienate, amplify, anger, annoy, arouse, augment, bite, bother, bristle, bug, build up, burn, burn up, chafe, come between, convulse, crucify, cut, damage, deepen, deteriorate, dilapidate, disaffect, distress, disunite, divide, embitter, endamage, enhance, enlarge, enrage, estrange, exacerbate, exasperate, excruciate, exercise, fan the flame, fester, fluster, fret, gall, get, give pain, gnaw, grate, grate on, gravel, grind, gripe, grit, harass, harm, harrow, harry, hassle, heat up, hector, heighten, hot up, huff, hurt, impair, incense, increase, inflame, inflict pain, injure, intensify, irk, jangle the nerves, jar on, kill by inches, lacerate, light the fuse, magnify, make acute, make trouble, make worse, martyr, martyrize, miff, nag, needle, nettle, nip, offend, pain, peeve, pester, pick at, pick on, pierce, pinch, pique, pit against, plague, prick, prolong the agony, provoke, put back, put on edge, put out, put to torture, rack, rankle, rasp, rile, roil, rub, ruffle, separate, set against, set at odds, set at variance, set on, set on edge, set up, sharpen, sic on, sour, sow dissension, stab, sting, stir the blood, stir up, stir up trouble, torment, torture, trouble, try, tweak, twist, vex, weaken, work up, worry, worsen, wound, wring
Etymology
< Latin irritatus, past participle of irritare (“to excite, irritate, incite, stimulate”)
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Italian
Adjective
irritate pl.
- feminine form of irritato
Verb
irritate
- second-person plural present tense of irritare
- second-person plural imperative of irritare
- feminine plural past participle of irritare
Anagrams
Latin
Verb
irrītāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of irrītō
