Definition of Irritant

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Irritant

Rendering null and void; conditionally invalidating.

Irritating; producing irritation or inflammation.

That which irritates or excites.

Any agent by which irritation is produced; as, a chemical irritant; a mechanical or electrical irritant.

A poison that produces inflammation.

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Irritant Quotations

Like a layer on a pearl, you can't specifically identify the irritant, the moment of the irritant, but at the end of the day, you know you have a pearl.
Ken Burns

It is popular to call it a crisis of the Western world. It is in fact a crisis of the whole world. Communism, which claims to be a solution of the crisis, is itself a symptom and an irritant of the crisis.
Whittaker Chambers

It's only in relatively recent years that Hollywood became the playground of multinational corporations which regard movies and TV shows as a minor irritant to their overall activity.
Peter Bart

Like the sand and the oyster, it's a creative irritant. In each poem, I'm trying to reveal a truth, so it can't have a fictional beginning.
Carol Ann Duffy

My ultimate vocation in life is to be an irritant.
Elvis Costello

Irritant Translations

irritant in German is aufreizend
irritant in Spanish is irritante

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