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- Dictionaryir·ri·tat·ed/ˈirəˌtādəd/
adjective
- 1. showing or feeling slight anger; annoyed: "the irritated look on Alec's face"
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The meaning of IRRITATED is subjected to irritation; especially : roughened, reddened, or inflamed by an irritant. How to use irritated in a sentence.
adjective. uk / ˈɪr.ɪ.teɪ.tɪd / us / ˈɪr.ə.teɪ.t̬ɪd / Add to word list. B2. annoyed: I began to get increasingly irritated by/at her questions. Synonyms. annoyed. miffed informal. peeved informal. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. angry It does no good to get angry at him - it won't change the situation at all.
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.
Irritated definition: angered, provoked, or annoyed.. See examples of IRRITATED used in a sentence.
When you're irritated about something, you're impatient or exasperated, the way you feel when someone rubs you the wrong way. Irritated can also mean this quite literally; your wrist might be irritated by the rubbing of your new watch band.
Definition of irritated adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
to make someone angry or annoyed: After a while her behavior really began to irritate me. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. to make someone angry. anger It angers me that governments never do anything to eradicate the problem. infuriate It infuriates me to hear of drug use in sports.
to make someone angry or annoyed: After a while her behaviour really began to irritate me. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. to annoy someone. annoy It annoys me that you're always late. bother It bothers me that you don't help with the washing up. irritate After a while her behaviour really began to irritate me.
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.
To irritate is to excite to impatience or angry feeling, often of no great depth or duration: to irritate by refusing to explain an action. To exasperate is to irritate to a point where self-control is threatened or lost: to exasperate by continual delays and excuses.
