Irritate

Verb

 * 1)  To provoke impatience, anger, or displeasure.
 * 2)  To introduce irritability.
 * 3)  To cause or induce displeasure or irritation.
 * 4)  To induce pain in (all or part of a body or organism).

Synonyms

 * provoke
 * rile

Antonyms

 * please

Related terms

 * irritation
 * irritative
 * irritatory

Adverbs for Irritate
unduly; nervously; perpetually; exasperat-ingly; sharply; temporarily; psychologically; physically; childishly; needlessly; excessively; superfluously.

Thesaurus
abrade, afflict, affront, agent provocateur, aggravate, agonize, ail, alienate, amplify, anger, annoy, arouse, augment, bite, bother, bristle, bug, build up, burn, burn up, chafe, come between, convulse, crucify, cut, damage, deepen, deteriorate, dilapidate, disaffect, distress, disunite, divide, embitter, endamage, enhance, enlarge, enrage, estrange, exacerbate, exasperate, excruciate, exercise, fan the flame, fester, fluster, fret, gall, get, give pain, gnaw, grate, grate on, gravel, grind, gripe, grit, harass, harm, harrow, harry, hassle, heat up, hector, heighten, hot up, huff, hurt, impair, incense, increase, inflame, inflict pain, injure, intensify, irk, jangle the nerves, jar on, kill by inches, lacerate, light the fuse, magnify, make acute, make trouble, make worse, martyr, martyrize, miff, nag, needle, nettle, nip, offend, pain, peeve, pester, pick at, pick on, pierce, pinch, pique, pit against, plague, prick, prolong the agony, provoke, put back, put on edge, put out, put to torture, rack, rankle, rasp, rile, roil, rub, ruffle, separate, set against, set at odds, set at variance, set on, set on edge, set up, sharpen, sic on, sour, sow dissension, stab, sting, stir the blood, stir up, stir up trouble, torment, torture, trouble, try, tweak, twist, vex, weaken, work up, worry, worsen, wound, wring

Etymology
< irritatus:, past participle of irritare:

Translations

 * Bengali: জ্বালাতন করা
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 刺激
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: irriteren
 * Finnish:, , , tympiä, harmittaa, vaivata
 * French: agacer (displeasure)


 * German:
 * Italian:
 * Polish: drażnić, rozdrażniać
 * Romanian: irita, enerva, agasa, sâcâi
 * Russian: раздражать
 * Turkish:, ,  ,  sinir etmek,  sinirini bozmak,  gıcık etmek,  tahriş etmek,  kaşındırmak

Adjective
irritate



Verb
irritate


 * 1) second-person plural present tense of irritare
 * 2) second-person plural imperative of irritare
 * 3) feminine plural past participle of irritare

Anagrams

 * arteriti
 * atterrii
 * irretita
 * ritirate
 * tiritera
 * triterai