irritate (verb)
1irritate — ► VERB 1) make annoyed or angry. 2) cause inflammation in (a part of the body). DERIVATIVES irritating adjective irritation noun. ORIGIN Latin irritare …
2irritate — verb ( tated; tating) Etymology: Latin irritatus, past participle of irritare Date: 1598 transitive verb 1. to provoke impatience, anger, or displeasure in ; annoy 2. to induce irritability in or of intransitive verb to cause or induce… …
3irritate — I verb affront, aggravate, agitate, anger, annoy, badger, bother, bully, chafe, discompose, displease, disturb, enrage, exacerbate, exasperate, excite anger, excite impatience, fret, gall, give offense, grate, harass, hector, incense, inflame,… …
4irritate — verb ADVERB ▪ really ▪ That man really irritates me! ▪ slightly ▪ easily ▪ She was moody at times and easily irritated. Irritate i …
5irritate — (v.) 1530s, stimulate to action, rouse, incite, from L. irritatus, pp. of irritare excite, provoke. An earlier verb form was irrite (mid 15c.), from O.Fr. irriter. Meaning annoy, make impatient is from 1590s. Related: Irritated; irritating …
6irritate — verb 1》 make annoyed or angry. 2》 cause inflammation in (a part of the body). 3》 Biology stimulate (an organism, cell, etc.) to produce an active response. Derivatives irritated adjective irritatedly adverb irritating adjective irritatingly… …
7irritate — verb (T) 1 to make someone feel annoyed or impatient over a long period, especially by repeatedly doing something: This cream may irritate sensitive skin. 2 to make a part of your body painful and sore …
8irritate — verb 1) they seem to enjoy irritating me Syn: annoy, vex, make angry, make cross, anger, exasperate, irk, gall, pique, nettle, put out, antagonize, get on someone s nerves, try someone s patience, ruffle someone s feathers, make someone s hackles …
9irritate — verb a) To provoke impatience, anger, or displeasure. b) To introduce irritability. Syn: provoke, rile …
10irritate — verb 1) his tone irritated her Syn: annoy, bother, vex, make cross, exasperate, infuriate, anger, madden; Brit. rub up the wrong way; informal aggravate, peeve, rile, needle, get (to), bug, hack off; Brit.; infor …