Associations to the word «Irritative»

Wiktionary

IRRITATIVE, adjective. Serving to excite or irritate
IRRITATIVE, adjective. Accompanied with, or produced by, increased action or irritation

Dictionary definition

IRRITATIVE, adjective. (used of physical stimuli) serving to stimulate or excite; "an irritative agent".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats