Irritating

Synonyms for "irritating" (126 found)

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Closest matches (26)

Adjective(8 words)

annoying bothersome vexing acrider aggravate anger annoy antagonize

acerbic acid acrid aggravating aggravative annoying asperous astringent biting bitter bothering bothersome caustic chafing contentious

Verb(2 words)

blasted confounded

Noun(1 words)

bugging

Strong matches (37)

cutting disturbing escharotic exasperating exasperative fretting galling grating grinding harassing harsh importunate importune inconvenient irking irksome irritant irritative keen mordant

Noun(4 words)

discomforting disgruntlingeye irritationnagging

Adjective(12 words)

doggoned frustrate frustrating galling inflame inflammatory infuriating irk irksome irritate irritative maddening

Verb(1 words)

enraging

Related words (63)

Noun(6 words)

needling nettling peeving piquing riling trying

Adjective(17 words)

nettlesome painful peeve peskier peskiest pesky pestering pestiferous plaguey plaguy provoke stimulate teasing tediousunpleasant moodvex vexatious

nigglingnose ticklingnose-tickling penetrating pesky pestering pestiferous pestilent pestilential piercing piquant plaguesome plaguey plaguing poignant provocative provoking pungent rasping rough

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scratchy severe sharp sour stinging teasing tiresome tormenting trenchant troublesome troubling trying untoward vexatious vexing vitriolic wearisome worrisome worrying

Verb(1 words)

rankling

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

7 entries

adjective affectaffective qualitydescriptoremotional stateinterpersonal frictiontissue irritation

More specific

18 entries

alienate annoy antagonize boredom burningeye irritationfrustrate frustration irk itchingmucosal irritationnasal irritationpeeve provokeskin irritationstinging

Showing 16 of 18 words.

Collocations

7 entries

irritating delayirritating glareirritating habitirritating noiseirritating odorirritating questionirritating remark

Inflections

4 entries

irritated irritatesmore irritatingmost irritating

Derivations

5 entries

irritant irritate irritated irritatingly irritation

similar

3 entries

disagreeable stimulative uncomfortable

Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

He is a very irritating critic of others.

Source: tatoeba (274690)

Far from irritating my skin it was better than before I used it.

Source: tatoeba (327913)

I don't like sand. It's coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere.

Source: tatoeba (549628)

Since there are usually multiple websites on any given topic, I usually just click the back button when I arrive on any webpage that has pop-up advertising. I just go to the next page found by Google and hope for something less irritating.

Source: tatoeba (954270)

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