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Irritated   /ˈɪrətˌeɪtəd/   Listen
verb
Irritate  v. t.  To render null and void. (R.)


Irritate  v. t.  (past & past part. irritated; pres. part. irritating)  
1.
To increase the action or violence of; to heighten excitement in; to intensify; to stimulate. "Cold maketh the spirits vigorous and irritateth them."
2.
To excite anger or displeasure in; to provoke; to tease; to exasperate; to annoy; to vex; as, the insolence of a tyrant irritates his subjects. "Dismiss the man, nor irritate the god: Prevent the rage of him who reigns above."
3.
(Physiol.) To produce irritation in; to stimulate; to cause to contract. See Irritation, n., 2.
4.
(Med.) To make morbidly excitable, or oversensitive; to fret; as, the skin is irritated by friction; to irritate a wound by a coarse bandage.
Synonyms: To fret; inflame; excite; provoke; tease; vex; exasperate; anger; incense; enrage. To Irritate, Provoke, Exasperate. These words express different stages of excited or angry feeling. Irritate denotes an excitement of quick and slightly angry feeling which is only momentary; as, irritated by a hasty remark. To provoke implies the awakening of some open expression of decided anger; as, a provoking insult. Exasperate denotes a provoking of anger at something unendurable. Whatever comes across our feelings irritates; whatever excites anger provokes; whatever raises anger to a high point exasperates. "Susceptible and nervous people are most easily irritated; proud people are quickly provoked; hot and fiery people are soonest exasperated."


adjective
irritated  adj.  Aroused to impatience or anger; as, made an irritated gesture.
Synonyms: annoyed, nettled, peeved, pissed, stung.





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"Irritated" Quotes from Famous Books



... the house and slammed the door to her own room. Joy had wept after the storm, and thus relaxed her nerve tension but Bet had not had any such relief. As a result of the strain she found herself irritated by Joy's nonsense and got out of the ...
— The Merriweather Girls in Quest of Treasure • Lizette M. Edholm
... when the stellar currents permit the trip back to Earth. And it's not the fourth dimension! Clyde was always irritated when anyone would talk about his traveling to Mars in ...
— Martians Never Die • Lucius Daniel
... my arm interrupted me, and, a trifle irritated, as any man might be when checked in the full flow of eloquence, I turned to find Mildred ...
— Police!!! • Robert W. Chambers
... can't see it." The man's cool persistency again irritated him. "I buy dot for a present and I—Look here vunce! Vat you come in here for an' ask dose questions? I never see you before. Dis is my busy time. Now you put yourselluf outside ...
— Felix O'Day • F. Hopkinson Smith
... suspicion, and become soon angry; with whom none of their own choice are familiar. But there are gentle people, who interpret all for the best, and are not suspicious; do not permit themselves to be soon irritated; can at least understand something as well meant; such persons as are called Candidos. This virtue St. Paul names [Greek: chrestotes], as it ...
— The Epistles of St. Peter and St. Jude Preached and Explained • Martin Luther


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