The fact seemed to irritate her husband.
Source: tatoeba (47055)
Irritate
//ˈɪɹ.ɪˌteɪt//
Synonyms for "irritate" (264 found)
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Closest matches (53)
Strong matches (79)
Verb(29 words)
deredisgruntleexasperateexcruciatefrustrategetget atget on someone's nervesget on someone's titsget on someone's wickget someone's back upget someone's dander upget someone's goatget someone's irish upget someone's nannyget someone's nanny-goatget toget under one's goatget under someone's goatget under someone's skin
Related words (132)
Verb(41 words)
hot uphuffhurtimpairincenseinconvenienceincreaseinflameinflict paininfuriateinjureintensifyjanglejangle the nervesjarjar onkill by incheslaceratelight the fusemadden
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More general
7 entriesAntonyms
4 entriesSynonyms
4 entriesRelated terms
7 entriesderived
4 entrieshas context
1 entriesmanner of
2 entriesrelated to
16 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
84 translations across 39 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- παροξύνω verb (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation)
Armenian
3 entries- զայրացնել verb (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation)
- նյարդայնացնել verb (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation)
- ջղայնացնել verb (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- qıcıqlandırmaq verb (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation)
Belarusian
1 entries- раздражня́ць verb (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation)
Bengali
2 entries- জ্বালাতন করা verb (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation)
- সাতানো verb (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation)
Bulgarian
2 entries- дразня verb (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation)
- ядосвам verb (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation)
Chichonyi-Chidzihana-Chikauma
1 entries- yuga verb (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 刺激 verb (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation)
- 激怒 verb (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation)
Cornish
1 entries- veksya verb (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation)
Czech
1 entries- dráždit verb (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation)
Dutch
1 entries- irriteren verb (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation)
Esperanto
2 entries- agaci verb (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation)
- malamuzi verb (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation)
Finnish
4 entries- harmittaa verb (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation)
- nyppiä verb (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation)
- tympiä verb (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation)
- vaivata verb (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation)
French
1 entries- agacer verb (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation)
Galician
3 entries- arrizar verb (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation)
- irritar verb (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation)
- tocar o carallo verb (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation)
Georgian
2 entries- გაბრაზება verb (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation)
- გაღიზიანება verb (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation)
German
3 entries- irritieren verb (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation)
- reizen verb (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation)
- ärgern verb (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation)
Greek
3 entries- εκνευρίζω verb (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation)
- θυμώνω verb (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation)
- τσαντίζω verb (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation)
Hindi
1 entries- चिढ़ाना verb (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation)
Ido
1 entries- iracigar verb (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation)
Irish
1 entries- greannaigh verb (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation)
Italian
1 entries- irritare verb (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation)
Japanese
3 entries- いらいらさせる verb (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation)
- じらす verb (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation)
- 怒らせる verb (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation)
Ladino
1 entries- inyervar verb (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation)
Latin
2 entries- piget verb (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation)
- taedet verb (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation)
Lithuanian
2 entries- dirginti verb (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation)
- erzinti verb (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation)
Middle English
1 entries- noyen verb (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation)
Māori
4 entries- mukākā verb (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation)
- whakahārangirangi verb (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation)
- whakakūrakuraku verb (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation)
- whakatōwenewene verb (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation)
Norwegian
2 entries- irritere verb (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation)
- irritere verb (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation)
Polish
4 entries- denerwować verb (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation)
- drażnić verb (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation)
- irytować verb (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation)
- rozdrażniać verb (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation)
Portuguese
1 entries- irritar verb (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation)
Romanian
4 entries- agasa verb (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation)
- enerva verb (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation)
- irita verb (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation)
- sâcâi verb (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation)
Russian
3 entries- злить verb (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation)
- раздража́ть verb (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation)
- серди́ть verb (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation)
Spanish
2 entries- enviscar verb (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation)
- irritar verb (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation)
Swedish
1 entries- irritera verb (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation)
Tagalog
1 entries- alibadbaran verb (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation)
Thai
1 entries- ทำให้หงุดหงิด verb (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation)
Turkish
4 entries- gıcık etmek verb (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation)
- irite etmek verb (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation)
- kaşındırmak verb (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation)
- kızdırmak verb (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation)
Ukrainian
1 entries- дратува́ти verb (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
His incompetence began to irritate everyone.
Source: tatoeba (287592)
Doesn't it irritate you to see couples making out around town?
Source: tatoeba (329054)
The substance can irritate or corrode the skin, eyes, or mucous membranes.
Source: tatoeba (368193)
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