Definition of irritate

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Irritate (v. t.) To increase the action or violence of; to heighten excitement in; to intensify; to stimulate.

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Testy :: Testy (superl.) Fretful; peevish; petulant; easily irritated.
Fret :: Fret (v. i.) To be vexed; to be chafed or irritated; to be angry; to utter peevish expressions.
Choleric :: Choleric (a.) Easily irritated; irascible; inclined to anger.
Stimulation :: Stimulate (v. t.) To excite; to irritate; especially, to excite the activity of (a nerve or an irritable muscle), as by electricity..
Urticate :: Urticate (v. t. & i.) To sting with, or as with, nettles; to irritate; to annoy..
Edgy :: Edgy (a.) Easily irritated; sharp; as, an edgy temper..
Chafe :: Chafe (v. t.) To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.
Pique :: Pique (v. t.) To wound the pride of; to sting; to nettle; to irritate; to fret; to offend; to excite to anger.
Vexingly :: Vexingly (adv.) In a vexing manner; so as to vex, tease, or irritate..
Abirritate :: Abirritate (v. t.) To diminish the sensibility of; to debilitate.
Hector :: Hector (v. t.) To treat with insolence; to threaten; to bully; hence, to torment by words; to tease; to taunt; to worry or irritate by bullying..
Counterirritate :: Counterirritate (v. t.) To produce counter irritation in; to treat with one morbid process for the purpose of curing another.
Aggravate :: Aggravate (v. t.) To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate.
Hiss :: Hiss (n.) The note of a goose when irritated.
Annoy :: Annoy (n.) To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to tease; to ruffle in mind; to vex; as, I was annoyed by his remarks..
Grate :: Grate (v. t.) To fret; to irritate; to offend.
Fire :: Fire (v. t.) To inflame; to irritate, as the passions; as, to fire the soul with anger, pride, or revenge..
Fret :: Fret (v. t.) To tease; to irritate; to vex.
Tease :: Tease (v. t.) To vex with importunity or impertinence; to harass, annoy, disturb, or irritate by petty requests, or by jests and raillery; to plague..
Nettle :: Nettle (v. t.) To fret or sting; to irritate or vex; to cause to experience sensations of displeasure or uneasiness not amounting to violent anger.
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