adj, verb ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   simple past and past participle of irritate form-of, participle, past

Adjective

1. 1
   Experiencing a feeling of irritation.

   "She felt irritated by the constant noise."

2. 2
   Inflamed and painful.

   "irritated skin"

Adjective

1. 1
   aroused to impatience or anger wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

annoyedaggravatedalgeticamplifiedangryannoyed

Example

More examples

"Even the merest little thing irritated him."

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