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irritating, ppl. a.|ˈɪrɪteɪtɪŋ|
[f. irritate v.1 + -ing2.]
That irritates, in various senses: see the verb.
1707Floyer Physic. Pulse-Watch 58 These particular Secretions supply both quantity of Humours and irritating Qualities. 1727–46Thomson Summer 1114 The dash of clouds, or irritating war Of fighting winds. 1789W. Buchan Dom. Med. (1790) 307 Medicines of an acrid or irritating nature. 1859Geo. Eliot A. Bede iv, A sort of wail, the most irritating of all sounds where real sorrows are to be borne, and real work to be done.
Hence ˈirritatingly adv., in an irritating way.
1865E. C. Clayton Cruel Fortune II. 71 Lady Charrington slightly raised her shoulders, and smiled irritatingly. 1882Athenæum 1 July 10 Such a passage as the following is irritatingly dogmatic. |