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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Badger :: Badger (v. t.) To tease or annoy, as a badger when baited; to worry or irritate persistently..
Irritative :: Irritative (a.) Serving to excite or irritate; irritating; as, an irritative agent..
Edgy :: Edgy (a.) Easily irritated; sharp; as, an edgy temper..
Abirritate :: Abirritate (v. t.) To diminish the sensibility of; to debilitate.
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..
Vexingly :: Vexingly (adv.) In a vexing manner; so as to vex, tease, or irritate..
Choleric :: Choleric (a.) Easily irritated; irascible; inclined to anger.
Inflammatory :: Inflammatory (a.) Tending to inflame, kindle, or irritate..
Spite :: Spite (n.) Ill-will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the disposition to irritate, annoy, or thwart; petty malice; grudge; rancor; despite..
Pique :: Pique (v. t.) To wound the pride of; to sting; to nettle; to irritate; to fret; to offend; to excite to anger.
Irritate :: Irritate (n.) To make morbidly excitable, or oversensitive; to fret; as, the skin is irritated by friction; to irritate a wound by a coarse bandage..
Irritate :: Irritate (a.) Excited; heightened.
Acerbate :: Acerbate (v. t.) To sour; to imbitter; to irritate.
Irritate :: Irritate (v. t.) To produce irritation in; to stimulate; to cause to contract. See Irritation, n., 2..
Urticate :: Urticate (v. t. & i.) To sting with, or as with, nettles; to irritate; to annoy..
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.
Irritate :: Irritate (v. t.) To excite anger or displeasure in; to provoke; to tease; to exasperate; to annoy; to vex; as, the insolence of a tyrant irritates his subjects..
Vex :: Vex (v. t.) To make angry or annoyed by little provocations; to irritate; to plague; to torment; to harass; to afflict; to trouble; to tease.
Fire :: Fire (v. t.) To inflame; to irritate, as the passions; as, to fire the soul with anger, pride, or revenge..
Testy :: Testy (superl.) Fretful; peevish; petulant; easily irritated.
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