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Definition of Irritate |
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Irritate
To render null and void. To increase the action or violence of; to heighten excitement in; to intensify; to stimulate. 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. To produce irritation in; to stimulate; to cause to contract. See Irritation, n., 2. To make morbidly excitable, or oversensitive; to fret; as, the skin is irritated by friction; to irritate a wound by a coarse bandage. Excited; heightened. Related Definitions: Action, And, Anger, Annoy, As, Bandage, By, Cause, Coarse, Contract, Displeasure, Exasperate, Excitable, Excite, Excited, Excitement, Fret, Heighten, Heightened, His, In, Increase, Insolence, Intensify, Irritate, Irritated, Irritation, Is, Make, Morbidly, Null, Of, Or, Produce, Provoke, Render, See, Skin, Stimulate, Tease, The, To, Tyrant, Vex, Violence, Void, Wound |
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Irritate Quotations
Very few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to irritate the situation by making an effort. If you have a burning, restless urge to write or paint, simply eat something sweet and the feeling will pass. Fran Lebowitz There's been a lot of speculation about every single girl I'm with and it actually does quite irritate me after a while, more so because it's a complete pain for the girls. Prince William Great events make me quiet and calm; it is only trifles that irritate my nerves. Queen Victoria I have only got down on to paper, really, three types of people: the person I think I am, the people who irritate me, and the people I'd like to be. E. M. Forster I seem to be some sort of lightning rod. I just really irritate people, you know? I really do. Howard Stern When I speak of "cycles," I am referring to lengthy intervals of relative homogeneity, if not in the resolving of problems, than at least with respect to the consistency of their capacity to productively irritate. Brian Ferneyhough The current neglect of the problem can only irritate this deplorable state of affairs. The Black Muslims should constitute a warning to our society, a warning that must be heeded if we are to preserve the society. Andrew Goodman |
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Irritate Translations
irritate in French is irritons, irritent, irritez irritate in German is irritiere, irritieren irritate in Italian is esacerbare irritate in Latin is exulcero irritate in Norwegian is irritere irritate in Spanish is pinchar |
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