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

Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart.
Martin Luther King Jr.