Associations to the word «Irritate»

Wiktionary

IRRITATE, verb. (transitive) To provoke impatience, anger, or displeasure.
IRRITATE, verb. (transitive) To introduce irritability or irritation in.
IRRITATE, verb. (intransitive) To cause or induce displeasure or irritation.
IRRITATE, verb. (transitive) To induce pain in (all or part of a body or organism).
IRRITATE, verb. (obsolete) To render null and void.

Dictionary definition

IRRITATE, verb. Cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves".
IRRITATE, verb. Excite to an abnormal condition, or chafe or inflame; "Aspirin irritates my stomach".
IRRITATE, verb. 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".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King