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Irritating

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Definitions for Irritating

adjective
causing irritation or annoyance
Synonyms
annoying bothersome galling nettlesome pesky pestering pestiferous plaguy plaguey teasing vexatious vexing
Examples
  1. tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork
  2. aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport
  3. found it galling to have to ask permission
  4. an irritating delay
  5. nettlesome paperwork
  6. a pesky mosquito
  7. swarms of pestering gnats
  8. a plaguey newfangled safety catch
  9. a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him
  10. a vexatious child
  11. it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong
adjective
(used of physical stimuli) serving to stimulate or excite
Synonyms
irritative
Examples
  1. an irritative agent
adjective
causing physical discomfort
Synonyms
painful
Examples
  1. bites of black flies are more than irritating
  2. they can be very painful
verb
cause annoyance in
Synonyms
annoy rag get to bother get at irritate rile nark nettle gravel vex chafe devil
Examples
  1. disturb, especially by minor irritations
  2. Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me
  3. It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves
verb
excite to an abnormal condition, or chafe or inflame
Synonyms
irritate
Examples
  1. Aspirin irritates my stomach
verb
excite to some characteristic action or condition, such as motion, contraction, or nervous impulse, by the application of a stimulus
Synonyms
irritate
Examples
  1. irritate the glands of a leaf

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