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ir⋅ri⋅tat⋅ed

   [ir-i-tey-tid]
–adjective
1. angered, provoked, or annoyed.
2. inflamed or made raw, as a part of the body.
Origin:
1585–95; irritate + -ed 2
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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
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ir·ri·tate     (ĭr'ĭ-tāt')  Pronunciation Key 
v.   ir·ri·tat·ed, ir·ri·tat·ing, ir·ri·tates

v.   tr.
  1. To rouse to impatience or anger; annoy: a loud bossy voice that irritates listeners. See Synonyms at annoy.
  2. To chafe or inflame.
  3. Physiology To cause physiological activity or response in (an organ or tissue), as by application of a stimulus.

v.   intr.
To be a cause of impatience or anger.


[Latin irrītāre, irrītāt-.]

ir'ri·tat'ing·ly adv., ir'ri·ta'tor n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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irritated

adjective
aroused to impatience or anger; "made an irritated gesture"; "feeling nettled from the constant teasing"; "peeved about being left out"; "felt really pissed at her snootiness"; "riled no end by his lies"; "roiled by the delay" 

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