Definition of irritate

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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..

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Pique :: Pique (v. t.) To wound the pride of; to sting; to nettle; to irritate; to fret; to offend; to excite to anger.
Hiss :: Hiss (n.) The note of a goose when irritated.
Emboil :: Emboil (v. t.) To cause to boil with anger; to irritate; to chafe.
Badger :: Badger (v. t.) To tease or annoy, as a badger when baited; to worry or irritate persistently..
Fret :: Fret (v. t.) To tease; to irritate; to vex.
Irritate :: Irritate (v. t.) To render null and void.
Quarrelsome :: Quarrelsome (a.) Apt or disposed to quarrel; given to brawls and contention; easily irritated or provoked to contest; irascible; choleric.
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..
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..
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.
Vex :: Vex (v. i.) To be irritated; to fret.
Inflammatory :: Inflammatory (a.) Tending to inflame, kindle, or irritate..
Irritative :: Irritative (a.) Serving to excite or irritate; irritating; as, an irritative agent..
Irritate :: Irritate (a.) Excited; heightened.
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.
Fire :: Fire (v. t.) To inflame; to irritate, as the passions; as, to fire the soul with anger, pride, or revenge..
Grate :: Grate (v. t.) To fret; to irritate; to offend.
Urticate :: Urticate (v. t. & i.) To sting with, or as with, nettles; to irritate; to annoy..
Irritant :: Irritant (n.) That which irritates or excites.
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..
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