Word Meaning

irritate definition and meaning

v. t. To render null and void.
v. t. To increase the action or violence of; to heighten excitement in; to intensify; to stimulate.
v. t. To excite anger or displeasure in; to provoke; to tease; to exasperate; to annoy; to vex; as, the insolence of a tyrant irritates his subjects.
v. t. To produce irritation in; to stimulate; to cause to contract. See Irritation, n., 2.
n. To make morbidly excitable, or oversensitive; to fret; as, the skin is irritated by friction; to irritate a wound by a coarse bandage.
a. Excited; heightened.

Crossword clues for irritate

- Anger
- Anger, annoy
- Annoy
- Annoys
- Antagonise
- Enrage
- I have right to change attire just to annoy
- Niggle
- Provoke
- Vex