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Detailed Synonyms for irritate in English

irritate:

to irritate verb (irritates, irritated, irritating)

  1. to irritate
    to annoy; to irritate; cause irritation; to chafe; to vex; to give offence; to anger
    • annoy verb (annoies, annoyed, annoying)
    • irritate verb (irritates, irritated, irritating)
    • chafe verb (chafes, chafed, chafing)
    • vex verb (vexes, vexed, vexing)
    • give offence verb (gives offence, gave offence, giving offence)
    • anger verb (angers, angered, angering)
  2. to irritate
    to goad; to stimulate; to whip up; to drive; nettle; to irritate
    • goad verb (goads, goaded, goading)
    • stimulate verb (stimulates, stimulated, stimulating)
    • whip up verb (whips up, whipped up, whipping up)
    • drive verb (drives, drove, driving)
    • nettle verb
    • irritate verb (irritates, irritated, irritating)
  3. to irritate
    – excite to an abnormal condition, or chafe or inflame 1
    to irritate
    – excite to an abnormal condition, or chafe or inflame 1
    • irritate verb (irritates, irritated, irritating)
      • Aspirin irritates my stomach1
  4. to irritate
    – excite to some characteristic action or condition, such as motion, contraction, or nervous impulse, by the application of a stimulus 1
    to irritate
    – excite to some characteristic action or condition, such as motion, contraction, or nervous impulse, by the application of a stimulus 1
    • irritate verb (irritates, irritated, irritating)
      • irritate the glands of a leaf1

Conjugations for irritate:

present
  1. irritate
  2. irritate
  3. irritates
  4. irritate
  5. irritate
  6. irritate
simple past
  1. irritated
  2. irritated
  3. irritated
  4. irritated
  5. irritated
  6. irritated
present perfect
  1. have irritated
  2. have irritated
  3. has irritated
  4. have irritated
  5. have irritated
  6. have irritated
past continuous
  1. was irritating
  2. were irritating
  3. was irritating
  4. were irritating
  5. were irritating
  6. were irritating
future
  1. shall irritate
  2. will irritate
  3. will irritate
  4. shall irritate
  5. will irritate
  6. will irritate
continuous present
  1. am irritating
  2. are irritating
  3. is irritating
  4. are irritating
  5. are irritating
  6. are irritating
subjunctive
  1. be irritated
  2. be irritated
  3. be irritated
  4. be irritated
  5. be irritated
  6. be irritated
diverse
  1. irritate!
  2. let's irritate!
  3. irritated
  4. irritating
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

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Related Definitions for "irritate":

  1. excite to an abnormal condition, or chafe or inflame1
    • Aspirin irritates my stomach1
  2. excite to some characteristic action or condition, such as motion, contraction, or nervous impulse, by the application of a stimulus1
    • irritate the glands of a leaf1