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irritated, ppl. a.|ˈɪrɪteɪtɪd|
[f. irritate v.1 + -ed1.]
Stirred up, excited (obs.); exasperated, provoked, annoyed; stimulated to vital action, etc.: see the verb.
1595Daniel Civ. Wars iv. xxxxix, Then when proud⁓growne the irritated bloud Enduring not it selfe, it selfe assaild. 1678Trans. Crt. Spain 47 Your Majesty should labour to appease these two irritated spirits. 1776Gibbon Decl. & F. xiv. I. 410 Not to expose himself to the discretion of an irritated conqueror. 1875Bennett & Dyer tr. Sachs' Bot. 797 The contraction of the irritated filament begins at the moment of contact.
Hence ˈirritatedly adv., in an irritated manner; with an expression of irritation or annoyance.
1873Mrs. Whitney Other Girls xxiii. (1876) 316 ‘Don't tell me what!’ cried Bel irritatedly. 1883R. Broughton Belinda III. iv. ii. 177 He looks up irritatedly at her. |