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- Dictionaryir·ri·tat·ing/ˈirəˌtādiNG/
adjective
- 1. causing annoyance, impatience, or mild anger: "an irritating child"
- 2. causing irritation to a body part: "the substance may be irritating to eyes and skin"
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The meaning of IRRITATING is causing displeasure, anger, or annoyance. How to use irritating in a sentence.
adjective. uk / ˈɪr.ɪ.teɪ.tɪŋ / us / ˈɪr.ə.teɪ.t̬ɪŋ / Add to word list. B2. making you feel annoyed: an irritating habit. Synonyms. annoying. bothersome old-fashioned. galling. pesky informal. vexatious old-fashioned or formal. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Annoying. accursed. aggravating. annoyingly. ball-ache. exasperatingly.
If something's irritating, it annoys you. To most people, tuneless whistling and fingernails on a chalkboard are both irritating sounds.
1. : to provoke impatience, anger, or displeasure in : annoy. 2. : to induce irritability in or of. intransitive verb. : to cause or induce displeasure or irritation. Synonyms. aggravate. annoy. bother. bug. burn (up) chafe. eat. exasperate. frost. gall. get. grate.
Irritating definition: causing irritation; annoying; provoking; irritating questions.. See examples of IRRITATING used in a sentence.
to make something sore or painful, or to cause an uncomfortable physical reaction: At first my contact lenses irritated my eyes. (Definition of irritate from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of irritate. irritate.
irritating in British English. (ˈɪrɪteɪtɪŋ ) adjective. 1. causing annoyance or anger. They have the irritating habit of constantly interrupting. 2. (of a substance, chemical, etc) causing inflammation or tenderness of a bodily organ or part. The gas is highly irritating to the mucous membranes.
Definition of irritating adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
To cause (someone) to feel impatient or angry; annoy: a loud, bossy voice that irritates listeners. See Synonyms at annoy. 2. To make sore or inflamed: The smoke irritated my eyes. 3. Physiology To cause a physiological response to a stimulus in (a cell, body tissue, or organism). v.intr. To be a cause of impatience or anger.
1. causing annoyance or anger. They have the irritating habit of constantly interrupting. 2. (of a substance, chemical, etc) causing inflammation or tenderness of a bodily organ or part. The gas is highly irritating to the mucous membranes.
