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irritant

(ɪrɪtənt)
Word forms: plural irritants
1. countable noun
If you describe something as an irritant, you mean that it keeps annoying you.
[formal]
He said the issue was not a major irritant.
Synonyms: irritation, nuisance, annoyance, pain [informal] More Synonyms of irritant
2. countable noun
An irritant is a substance which causes a part of your body to itch or become sore.
[formal]
Many pesticides are irritants.

irritant in British English

(ˈɪrɪtənt)
adjective
1. 
causing irritation; irritating
noun
2. 
something irritant
Derived forms
irritancy (ˈirritancy)
noun

irritant in American English

(ˈɪrɪtənt)
adjective
1. 
causing irritation or inflammation
noun
2. 
something that causes irritation
Derived forms
irritancy (ˈirritancy)
noun
Word origin
L irritans, prp. of irritare

irritant in the Pharmaceutical Industry

(ɪrɪtənt)
Word forms: (regular plural) irritants
noun
(Pharmaceutical: Drugs)
An irritant is a substance that causes a part of your body to itch or become sore.
A skin rash can appear when the skin comes into contact with an irritant.
The oil is a very strong irritant and can cause the skin to become sore.
An irritant is a substance that causes a part of your body to itch or become sore.

Examples of 'irritant' in a sentence
irritant

And a minor irritant for the brain.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Make sure you wear gloves when you divide this plant, as the sap is a skin irritant.
The Sun (2016)
Since then it has remained a constant irritant but not one that has been responsibly addressed.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The capsules can be a skin irritant.
The Sun (2011)
At times it seemed it was just a minor irritant.
The Sun (2010)
Wear gloves because the leaves and stems are covered in fine hairs, which can be a skin irritant.
The Sun (2011)
Gibraltar was a constant irritant.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
But it's a minor irritant.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
He had become an irritant.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Effects Possible skin irritant, when directly applied.
Hanssen, Maurice & Marsden, Jill E For Additives (1987)

In other languages
irritant

British English: irritant NOUN
If you describe something as an irritant, you mean that it keeps annoying you.
He said the issue was not a major irritant.
  • American English: irritant
  • Brazilian Portuguese: irritante
  • Chinese: 让人恼火的事
  • European Spanish: fastidio
  • French: source d'irritation
  • German: Ärgernis
  • Italian: seccatura
  • Japanese: いらだたせるもの
  • Korean: 신경을 거스르는 것
  • European Portuguese: irritante
  • Latin American Spanish: fastidio

(noun) 
Definition
something that annoys or irritates
He said the issue was not a major irritant.
Synonyms
irritation
Don't allow a minor irritation to mar your ambitions.
nuisance
He can be a bit of a nuisance when he's drunk.
It's a real nuisance having to pick up the kids from school every day.
annoyance
Snoring can be more than an annoyance.
pain (informal)
the fall has left him in a lot of pain
drag (informal)
Shopping for clothes is a drag.
tease
pest
My neighbour's a real pest.
provocation
gall
goad
aggravation (informal)
I just couldn't take the aggravation.
pain in the neck (informal)
She can be a pain in the neck when she's in this sort of mood.
pain in the arse (taboo, slang)
thorn in your flesh

Additional synonyms

in the sense of aggravation
I just couldn't take the aggravation.
Synonyms
annoyance,
grief (informal),
teasing,
irritation,
hassle (informal),
provocation,
gall,
exasperation,
vexation,
irksomeness
in the sense of annoyance
Snoring can be more than an annoyance.
Synonyms
nuisance,
bother,
pain (informal),
bind (informal),
bore,
drag (informal),
plague,
tease,
pest,
gall,
pain in the neck (informal),
pain in the arse (taboo, slang)
in the sense of drag
Definition
a tedious or boring thing
Shopping for clothes is a drag.
Synonyms
nuisance,
pain (informal),
bore,
bother,
pest,
hassle (informal),
inconvenience,
annoyance,
pain in the neck,
pain in the arse (taboo, slang),
pain in the backside (informal),
pain in the butt (informal)

Nearby words of
irritant

  • irrigate
  • irritability
  • irritable
  • irritant
  • irritate
  • irritated
  • irritating

Synonyms of 'irritant'

irritant

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Additional synonyms

in the sense of gall
Definition
something that causes annoyance
Synonyms
irritation,
bother,
harassment,
pest,
nuisance,
provocation,
annoyance,
irritant,
exasperation,
aggravation (informal),
vexation,
botheration (informal)
in the sense of nuisance
Definition
a person or thing that causes annoyance or bother
He can be a bit of a nuisance when he's drunk.It's a real nuisance having to pick up the kids from school every day.
Synonyms
trouble,
problem,
trial,
bore,
drag (informal),
bother,
plague (informal),
pest,
irritation,
hassle (informal),
inconvenience,
annoyance,
pain (informal),
pain in the neck (informal),
pain in the arse (taboo, slang),
pain in the backside (informal),
pain in the butt (informal),
gall
in the sense of pain
Definition
physical hurt or discomfort caused by injury or illness
the fall has left him in a lot of pain
Synonyms
suffering,
discomfort,
trouble,
hurt,
irritation,
tenderness,
soreness,
throe (rare)
in the sense of pain in the neck
Definition
a person or thing that is annoying or irritating
She can be a pain in the neck when she's in this sort of mood.
Synonyms
nuisance,
pain (informal),
bore,
drag (informal),
bother,
headache (informal),
pest,
irritation,
annoyance,
aggravation (informal),
vexation,
pain in the arse (taboo, slang),
pain in the backside (informal)
in the sense of pest
Definition
an annoying person or thing
My neighbour's a real pest.
Synonyms
nuisance,
bore,
trial,
pain (informal),
drag (informal),
bother,
irritation,
gall,
annoyance,
bane,
pain in the neck (informal),
pain in the arse (taboo, slang),
vexation,
thorn in your flesh
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