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   ir·ri·tate

   /ˈirəˌtāt/

   verb

   • 1. make (someone) annoyed, impatient, or angry: "his tone irritated her" Similar annoyvexmake angrymake crossangerexasperatebotherirkgallpiqueput outdispleaseget/put someone's back upantagonizeget on someone's nervesrub up the wrong waytry someone's patienceruffleruffle someone's feathersmake someone's hackles riseraise someone's hacklesenrageinfuriatemaddenincensemake someone's blood boildrive to distractiongoadprovokeinformal:aggravatepeevehasslemiffrilenettleneedlegetget tobughack offget under someone's skinget in someone's hairget someone's goatrattle someone's cageget someone's dander updrive mad/crazydrive around the benddrive up the walldrive bananasmake someone see redwind upnarkget acrossget on someone's wickdrive round the twistget up someone's noseput someone's nose out of jointgive someone the humptee offtick offburn uprankleridegravelbum outget on someone's titsrarkinformal, dated:give someone the pipvulgar slang:piss offrare:exacerbatehumpraspOpposite pacify
   • ▪ cause inflammation or other discomfort in (a part of the body). Similar inflameaggravatehurtpainchafeabradefretgallrub painfullyrub againstscratchraspscrapegrazegraterare:excoriateOpposite soothe
   • ▪ stimulate (an organism, cell, or organ) to produce an active response.

   Word Origin mid 16th century (in the sense ‘excite, provoke’): from Latin irritat- ‘irritated’, from the verb irritare.

   Derivatives

   • 1. irritative adjective
   • 2. irritator noun

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   Irritate means to make someone angry or annoyed, or to make a part of your body sore or painful. Learn more about the verb irritate, its synonyms, antonyms, and usage examples from the Cambridge Dictionary.

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   Learn the meaning, synonyms, examples, and history of the verb irritate, which means to provoke impatience, anger, or displeasure in or of. See how irritate is used in sentences and compare it with related words.

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   Irritate means to make someone angry or annoyed, or to make a part of your body sore or painful. Learn more about the verb irritate, its pronunciation, translations, and usage with examples from the Cambridge Dictionary.

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   To irritate is to cause an unsettling reaction, whether it's of the body or the nerves. You can irritate someone by talking too loudly on your cellphone in public. You can also irritate your skin, causing a rash or redness.

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   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.

8. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishIRRITATE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   Learn the meaning of irritate, a verb that means to annoy, anger, or stimulate someone or something. Find synonyms, pronunciation, grammar, and usage examples of irritate in British and American English.

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   Definition of irritate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.