irritated
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
irritated
adj 1: aroused to impatience or anger; "made an irritated
gesture"; "feeling nettled from the constant teasing";
"peeved about being left out"; "felt really pissed at her
snootiness"; "riled no end by his lies"; "roiled by the
delay" [syn: {annoyed}, {irritated}, {miffed}, {nettled},
{peeved}, {pissed}, {pissed off}, {riled}, {roiled},
{steamed}, {stung}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Irritate \Ir"ri*tate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Irritated}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Irritating}.] [L. irritatus, p. p. of irritare. Of
doubtful origin.]
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1. To increase the action or violence of; to heighten
excitement in; to intensify; to stimulate.
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Cold maketh the spirits vigorous and irritateth
them. --Bacon.
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2. 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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Dismiss the man, nor irritate the god:
Prevent the rage of him who reigns above. --Pope.
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3. (Physiol.) To produce irritation in; to stimulate; to
cause to contract. See {Irritation}, n., 2.
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4. (Med.) To make morbidly excitable, or oversensitive; to
fret; as, the skin is irritated by friction; to irritate a
wound by a coarse bandage.
Syn: To fret; inflame; excite; provoke; tease; vex;
exasperate; anger; incense; enrage.
Usage: To {Irritate}, {Provoke}, {Exasperate}. These words
express different stages of excited or angry feeling.
Irritate denotes an excitement of quick and slightly
angry feeling which is only momentary; as, irritated
by a hasty remark. To provoke implies the awakening of
some open expression of decided anger; as, a provoking
insult. Exasperate denotes a provoking of anger at
something unendurable. Whatever comes across our
feelings irritates; whatever excites anger provokes;
whatever raises anger to a high point exasperates.
"Susceptible and nervous people are most easily
irritated; proud people are quickly provoked; hot and
fiery people are soonest exasperated." --Crabb.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
91 Moby Thesaurus words for "irritated":
aggravated, algetic, amplified, angry, annoyed, augmented,
bothered, broken, browned-off, bugged, burned, burning, burnt-up,
burst, busted, chafed, checked, chipped, cracked, crazed, cut,
damaged, deliberately provoked, deteriorated, disturbed,
embittered, enhanced, enlarged, exacerbated, exasperated,
festering, fiery, galled, griped, harmed, heated up, heightened,
hotted up, huffy, hurt, impaired, imperfect, in bits, in pieces,
in shards, increased, inflamed, injured, intensified, irked,
lacerated, magnified, mangled, miffed, mutilated, nettled, peeved,
piqued, provoked, put-out, rankling, raw, red, rent, resentful,
riled, roiled, ruffled, ruptured, scalded, scorched, sensitive,
shattered, slashed, slit, smarting, smashed, sore, soured, split,
sprung, tender, the worse for, tingling, torn, troubled, vexed,
weakened, worse, worse off, worsened
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