verb [VN]
1 to annoy sb, especially by sth you continuously do or by sth that continuously happens:
The way she puts on that accent really irritates me.
2 to make your skin or a part of your body sore or painful:
Some painkilling drugs can irritate the lining of the stomach.
irritating adjective:
I found her extremely irritating * an irritating habit * an irritating cough / rash
irritatingly adverb
irritation noun [U,C]:
He noted, with some irritation, that the letter had not been sent. * a skin irritation
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for irritate is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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