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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Fire :: Fire (v. i.) To be irritated or inflamed with passion.
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..
Fret :: Fret (v. t.) To tease; to irritate; to vex.
Quarrelsome :: Quarrelsome (a.) Apt or disposed to quarrel; given to brawls and contention; easily irritated or provoked to contest; irascible; choleric.
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. i.) To be irritated; to fret.
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..
Sting :: Sting (v. t.) To pierce or wound with a sting; as, bees will sting an animal that irritates them; the nettles stung his hands..
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..
Irritative :: Irritative (a.) Serving to excite or irritate; irritating; as, an irritative agent..
Irritate :: Irritate (v. t.) To render null and void.
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 (v. t.) To produce irritation in; to stimulate; to cause to contract. See Irritation, n., 2..
Irritate :: Irritate (a.) Excited; heightened.
Abirritate :: Abirritate (v. t.) To diminish the sensibility of; to debilitate.
Exasperate :: Exasperate (v. t.) To irritate in a high degree; to provoke; to enrage; to exscite or to inflame the anger of; as, to exasperate a person or his feelings..
Chafe :: Chafe (v. t.) To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.
Displease :: Displease (v. t.) To make not pleased; to excite a feeling of disapprobation or dislike in; to be disagreeable to; to offend; to vex; -- often followed by with or at. It usually expresses less than to anger, vex, irritate, or provoke..
Urticate :: Urticate (v. t. & i.) To sting with, or as with, nettles; to irritate; to annoy..
Testy :: Testy (superl.) Fretful; peevish; petulant; easily irritated.
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