Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective aroused to impatience or anger.
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
irritate . - adjective Experiencing a
feeling ofirritation . - adjective pathology
Inflamed andpainful .
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- adjective aroused to impatience or anger
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Examples
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There was a smile in her voice—she was aware the term irritated him.
This Calder Range Janet Dailey 1982
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There was a smile in her voice—she was aware the term irritated him.
This Calder Range Janet Dailey 1982
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Heather couldn’t put her finger on it, but something about his expression irritated her.
Twisted Francine Pascal 2000
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Heather couldn’t put her finger on it, but something about his expression irritated her.
Twisted Francine Pascal 2000
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Heather couldn’t put her finger on it, but something about his expression irritated her.
Twisted Francine Pascal 2000
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A man, in irritated tones, was questioning over and over,
CHAPTER 3 2010
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The phrase irritated Stuart, but he had sense enough to keep still.
Plotting in Pirate Seas Francis Rolt-Wheeler 1918
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She did not care about golf, and to-day the mere sound of the name irritated her.
The Way of Ambition Robert Smythe Hichens 1907
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A year before that talk would have been highly gratifying and flattering, but now I read with a critical eye, and while I could find no fault with the sentiments expressed, the form of the expression irritated me.
David Malcolm Nelson Lloyd 1903
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The mass of hair wet through with the heat, was odious to me, the hair-pins all becoming rusty and spoilt with it, and the skin irritated to a degree that seemed to me to threaten erysipelas.
oroboros commented on the word irritated
IrRitATEd
June 1, 2008