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Irritated   /ˈɪrətˌeɪtəd/   Listen
Irritated

adjective
1.
Aroused to impatience or anger.  Synonyms: annoyed, miffed, nettled, peeved, pissed, pissed off, riled, roiled, steamed, stung.  "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"


Irritate

verb
(past & past part. irritated; pres. part. irritating)
1.
Cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations.  Synonyms: annoy, bother, chafe, devil, get at, get to, gravel, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex.  "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"
2.
Excite to an abnormal condition, or chafe or inflame.  Antonym: soothe.
3.
Excite to some characteristic action or condition, such as motion, contraction, or nervous impulse, by the application of a stimulus.





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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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