verb
- Cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations.
- usage: "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"
- Excite to an abnormal condition, or chafe or inflame.
- usage: "Aspirin irritates my stomach"
- synonyms: irritate
- Excite to some characteristic action or condition, such as motion, contraction, or nervous impulse, by the application of a stimulus.
- usage: "irritate the glands of a leaf"
- synonyms: irritate
adjective
- Aroused to impatience or anger.
- usage: "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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