Synonyms
Irritating - 3 dictionary results
ir⋅ri⋅tat⋅ing
[ir-i-tey-ting] 
–adjective
| causing irritation; annoying; provoking: irritating questions. |
ir⋅ri⋅tate
[ir-i-teyt] verb, -tat⋅ed, -tat⋅ing.–verb (used with object)
| 1. | to excite to impatience or anger; annoy. |
| 2. | Physiology, Biology. to excite (a living system) to some characteristic action or function. |
| 3. | Pathology. to bring (a body part) to an abnormally excited or sensitive condition. |
–verb (used without object)
| 4. | to cause irritation or become irritated. |
Origin:
1525–35; < L irrītātus, ptp. of irrītāre to arouse to anger, excite, aggravate, equiv. to irritā- v. stem + -tus ptp. suffix
1525–35; < L irrītātus, ptp. of irrītāre to arouse to anger, excite, aggravate, equiv. to irritā- v. stem + -tus ptp. suffix
Related forms:
ir⋅ri⋅ta⋅tor, noun
Synonyms:
1. vex, chafe, fret, gall; nettle, ruffle, pique; incense, enrage, infuriate, inflame. Irritate, exasperate, provoke mean to annoy or stir to anger. To irritate is to excite to impatience or angry feeling, often of no great depth or duration: to irritate by refusing to explain an action. To exasperate is to irritate to a point where self-control is threatened or lost: to exasperate by continual delays and excuses. To provoke is to stir to a sudden, strong feeling of resentful anger as by unwarrantable acts or wanton annoyance: to tease and provoke an animal until it attacks.
1. vex, chafe, fret, gall; nettle, ruffle, pique; incense, enrage, infuriate, inflame. Irritate, exasperate, provoke mean to annoy or stir to anger. To irritate is to excite to impatience or angry feeling, often of no great depth or duration: to irritate by refusing to explain an action. To exasperate is to irritate to a point where self-control is threatened or lost: to exasperate by continual delays and excuses. To provoke is to stir to a sudden, strong feeling of resentful anger as by unwarrantable acts or wanton annoyance: to tease and provoke an animal until it attacks.
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Link To Irritating
| ir·ri·tate (ĭr'ĭ-tāt') v. ir·ri·tat·ed, ir·ri·tat·ing, ir·ri·tates v. tr.
To be a cause of impatience or anger. [Latin irrītāre, irrītāt-.] ir'ri·tat'ing·ly adv., ir'ri·ta'tor n. |
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