Definition of irritates in English

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irritates, verb, present, 3rd person singular of irritate (infinitive).

WordNet

Verb irritates, irritating, irritated
irritate - excite to an abnormal condition, or chafe or inflame; "Aspirin irritates my stomach"
		soothe cause to feel better; "the medicine soothes the pain of the inflammation"
		aggravate, exacerbate, worsen, exasperate exasperate or irritate
		gall, chafe, fret irritate or vex; "It galls me that we lost the suit"
		rub, itch, scratch move over something with pressure; "rub my hands"; "rub oil into her skin"
irritate - excite to some characteristic action or condition, such as motion, contraction, or nervous impulse, by the application of a stimulus; "irritate the glands of a leaf"
		stimulate, excite cause to be alert and energetic; "Coffee and tea stimulate me"; "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate"
		physiology processes and functions of an organism
		vellicate, pinch irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear; "smooth surfaces can vellicate the teeth"; "the pain is as if sharp points pinch your back"
irritate - cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"
		annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil
		displease give displeasure to
		get under one's skin, get cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition; "He got his squad on the ball"; "This let me in for a big surprise"; "He got a girl into trouble"
		eat into, rankle, grate, fret gnaw into; make resentful or angry; "The injustice rankled her"; "his resentment festered"
		chafe warm by rubbing, as with the hands
		peeve cause to be annoyed, irritated, or resentful
		ruffle pleat or gather into a ruffle; "ruffle the curtain fabric"
		fret wear away or erode
		chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, hassle, harass, plague, harry, molest, beset, provoke exhaust by attacking repeatedly; "harass the enemy"
		antagonise, antagonize provoke the hostility of; "Don't antagonize your boss"

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Wiktionary

irritate (Verb)
To provoke impatience, anger, or displeasure.
irritate (Verb)
To introduce irritability.
irritate (Verb)
To cause or induce displeasure or irritation.
irritate (Verb)
To induce pain in all or part of a body or organism.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

irritate (v. t.)
To render null and void.
irritate (v. t.)
To increase the action or violence of; to heighten excitement in; to intensify; to stimulate.
irritate (v. t.)
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.
irritate (v. t.)
To produce irritation in; to stimulate; to cause to contract. See Irritation, n., 2.
irritate (n.)
To make morbidly excitable, or oversensitive; to fret; as, the skin is irritated by friction; to irritate a wound by a coarse bandage.
irritate (a.)
Excited; heightened.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

irritate
To have an unwanted negative influence on someone, to be distractive to or for someone, impress someone or something in a troublesome or uneasy way.
irritate
To make someone rather angry or impatient; to cause annoyance.
irritate
To cause or induce displeasure or irritation.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

irritate
ir′i-tāt, v.t. to make angry: to provoke: to excite heat and redness in: (Scots law) to render null and void.—n. Irritabil′ity, the quality of being easily irritated: the peculiar susceptibility to stimuli possessed by the living tissues.—adj. Irr′itable, that may be irritated: easily provoked: (med.) susceptible of excitement or irritation.—n. Irr′itableness.—adv. Irr′itably.—n. Irr′itancy, the state of being irritant: a becoming null and void.—adj. Irr′itant, irritating.—n. that which causes irritation.—n. Irritā′tion, act of irritating or exciting: excitement: (med.) the term applied to any morbid excitement of the vital actions not amounting to inflammation, often, but not always, leading to that condition.—adjs. Irr′itātive, Irr′itātory, tending to irritate or excite: accompanied with or caused by irritation. [L. irritāre, -ātum, prob. freq. of irrīre, to snarl, as a dog.]