irritate

irritate

exasperate; provoke; inflame or chafe: Her incessant chatter irritates me.
Not to be confused with:aggravate – to make worse: The smoky room aggravated her asthma.; to annoy: Don’t aggravate the substitute teacher.

ir·ri·tate

I0242100 (ĭr′ĭ-tāt′)v. ir·ri·tat·ed, ir·ri·tat·ing, ir·ri·tates v.tr.1. To cause (someone) to feel impatient or angry; annoy: a loud, bossy voice that irritates listeners. See Synonyms at annoy.2. To make sore or inflamed: The smoke irritated my eyes.3. Physiology To cause a physiological response to a stimulus in (a cell, body tissue, or organism).v.intr. To be a cause of impatience or anger.

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[Latin irrītāre, irrītāt-.]

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ir′ri·tat′ing·ly adv.ir′ri·ta′tor n.

irritate

(ˈɪrɪˌteɪt) vb1. to annoy or anger (someone)2. (Biology) (tr) biology to stimulate (an organism or part) to respond in a characteristic manner3. (Pathology) (tr) pathol to cause (a bodily organ or part) to become excessively stimulated, resulting in inflammation, tenderness, etc[C16: from Latin irrītāre to provoke, exasperate] ˈirriˌtator n

ir•ri•tate

(ˈɪr ɪˌteɪt)

v. -tat•ed, -tat•ing. v.t. 1. to excite to impatience or anger; annoy. 2. Physiol., Biol. to excite (a living system) to some characteristic action or function. 3. Pathol. to bring (a body part) to an abnormally excited or sensitive condition. v.i. 4. to cause irritation or become irritated. [1525–35; < Latin irrītātus, past participle of irrītāre to arouse to anger, excite, aggravate] ir′ri•ta`tor, n.

irritate

Past participle: irritated
Gerund: irritating

Imperative
irritate
irritate

Present
I irritate
you irritate
he/she/it irritates
we irritate
you irritate
they irritate

Preterite
I irritated
you irritated
he/she/it irritated
we irritated
you irritated
they irritated

Present Continuous
I am irritating
you are irritating
he/she/it is irritating
we are irritating
you are irritating
they are irritating

Present Perfect
I have irritated
you have irritated
he/she/it has irritated
we have irritated
you have irritated
they have irritated

Past Continuous
I was irritating
you were irritating
he/she/it was irritating
we were irritating
you were irritating
they were irritating

Past Perfect
I had irritated
you had irritated
he/she/it had irritated
we had irritated
you had irritated
they had irritated

Future
I will irritate
you will irritate
he/she/it will irritate
we will irritate
you will irritate
they will irritate

Future Perfect
I will have irritated
you will have irritated
he/she/it will have irritated
we will have irritated
you will have irritated
they will have irritated

Future Continuous
I will be irritating
you will be irritating
he/she/it will be irritating
we will be irritating
you will be irritating
they will be irritating

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been irritating
you have been irritating
he/she/it has been irritating
we have been irritating
you have been irritating
they have been irritating

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been irritating
you will have been irritating
he/she/it will have been irritating
we will have been irritating
you will have been irritating
they will have been irritating

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been irritating
you had been irritating
he/she/it had been irritating
we had been irritating
you had been irritating
they had been irritating

Conditional
I would irritate
you would irritate
he/she/it would irritate
we would irritate
you would irritate
they would irritate

Past Conditional
I would have irritated
you would have irritated
he/she/it would have irritated
we would have irritated
you would have irritated
they would have irritated

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	irritate - cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"annoy, devil, gravel, nark, rile, vex, nettle, rag, bother, chafe, get at, get toget under one's skin, get - irritate; "Her childish behavior really get to me"; "His lying really gets me"eat into, rankle, grate, fret - gnaw into; make resentful or angry; "The injustice rankled her"; "his resentment festered"chafe - feel extreme irritation or anger; "He was chafing at her suggestion that he stay at home while she went on a vacation"peeve - cause to be annoyed, irritated, or resentfulruffle - trouble or vex; "ruffle somebody's composure"fret - cause annoyance inbeset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, hassle, molest, plague, provoke - annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers"antagonize, antagonise - provoke the hostility of; "Don't antagonize your boss"displease - give displeasure to
	2.	irritate - excite to an abnormal condition, or chafe or inflame; "Aspirin irritates my stomach"aggravate, exacerbate, worsen, exasperate - make worse; "This drug aggravates the pain"chafe, gall, fret - become or make sore by or as if by rubbingitch, rub, scratch - scrape or rub as if to relieve itching; "Don't scratch your insect bites!"soothe - cause to feel better; "the medicine soothes the pain of the inflammation"
	3.	irritate - excite to some characteristic action or condition, such as motion, contraction, or nervous impulse, by the application of a stimulus; "irritate the glands of a leaf"physiology - the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organismsstimulate, excite - act as a stimulant; "The book stimulated her imagination"; "This play stimulates"vellicate, pinch - irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear; "smooth surfaces can vellicate the teeth"; "the pain is as if sharp points pinch your back"

irritate

verb1. annoy, anger, bother, provoke, offend, needle (informal), harass, infuriate, aggravate (informal), incense, fret, enrage, gall, ruffle, inflame, exasperate, nettle, pester, vex, irk, pique, rankle with, get under your skin (informal), get on your nerves (informal), nark (Brit., Austral., & N.Z. slang), drive you up the wall (slang), piss you off (taboo slang), rub you up the wrong way (informal), get your goat (slang), try your patience, get in your hair (informal), get on your wick (informal), get your dander up (informal), raise your hackles, get your back up, get your hackles up, put your back up Their attitude irritates me.
annoy calm, soothe, placate, please, comfort, gratify, mollify2. inflame, pain, rub, scratch, scrape, grate, graze, fret, gall, chafe, abrade Chillies can irritate the skin.

irritate

verb1. To trouble the nerves or peace of mind of, especially by repeated vexations:aggravate, annoy, bother, bug, chafe, disturb, exasperate, fret, gall, get, irk, nettle, peeve, provoke, put out, rile, ruffle, vex.Idioms: get in one's hair, get on one's nerves, get under one's skin.2. To make (the skin) raw by or as if by friction:abrade, chafe, excoriate, fret, gall.3. To cause to become sore or inflamed:burn, inflame, sting.

Translations

使发炎使疼痛激怒

irritate

(ˈiriteit) verb1. to annoy or make angry. The children's chatter irritated him. 激怒 激怒2. to make (a part of the body) sore, red, itchy etc. Soap can irritate a baby's skin. 疼痛(紅腫、搔癢等) 使发炎，使疼痛 ˈirritable adjective easily annoyed. He was in an irritable mood. 易激怒的 易激怒的ˈirritably adverb 易怒地 易怒地ˌirritaˈbility noun 易怒 易怒ˈirritableness noun 易怒 易怒ˈirritating adjectiveShe has an irritating voice. 令人不快的 使人不愉快的，气人的 ˌirriˈtation noun 激怒 激怒