IRRITATE
\ˈɪɹɪtˌe͡ɪt], \ˈɪɹɪtˌeɪt], \ˈɪ_ɹ_ɪ_t_ˌeɪ_t]\
Definitions of IRRITATE
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
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physiology and biology: excite to some characteristic action or condition, as motion, contraction, or nervous impulse, by the application of a stimulus; "irritate the glands of a leaf"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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excite to some characteristic action or condition, such as motion, contraction, or nervous impulse, by the application of a stimulus; "irritate the glands of a leaf"
By Princeton University
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Irritability.
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To render null and void.
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To increase the action or violence of; to heighten excitement in; to intensify; to stimulate.
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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.
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To produce irritation in; to stimulate; to cause to contract. See Irritation, n., 2.
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To make morbidly excitable, or oversensitive; to fret; as, the skin is irritated by friction; to irritate a wound by a coarse bandage.
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Excited; heightened.
By Oddity Software
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Irritability.
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To render null and void.
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To increase the action or violence of; to heighten excitement in; to intensify; to stimulate.
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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.
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To produce irritation in; to stimulate; to cause to contract. See Irritation, n., 2.
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To make morbidly excitable, or oversensitive; to fret; as, the skin is irritated by friction; to irritate a wound by a coarse bandage.
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Excited; heightened.
By Noah Webster.
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
