irritateverb [ T ]
uk/ˈɪr.ɪ.teɪt/us/ˈɪr.ə.teɪt/irritate verb [ T ] (MAKE ANGRY)
C1 to make someone angry or annoyed:
After a while her behaviour really began to irritate me.
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Causing feelings of anger and displeasure
- aggravate
- aggrieve
- alienate
- anger
- annoy
- burn
- give sb the shits idiom
- go too far idiom
- goat
- grate
- hack
- hack sb off
- nose
- ruffle
- ruffle sb's feathers idiom
- set sb's teeth on edge idiom
- step/tread on sb's toes idiom
- stick in sb's craw idiom
- tee
- toe
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irritate verb [ T ] (MAKE SORE)
to make a part of your body sore or painful:
At first my contact lenses irritated my eyes.
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Pain & painful
- -racked
- achy
- agonizing
- cluster headache
- dodgy
- earache
- hell
- hurt
- masochism
- non-ulcer stomach pain
- painful
- painfully
- painless
- rack
- racking
- shooting pains
- suffering
- tender
- throb
- torment
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