| 单词 | irritated |
| 释义 | irritated (once / 810 pages) adj When you're irritated, you're annoyed. You'd probably be irritated if someone ate the leftover Indian food that you were saving for lunch. The adjective irritated describes a state that's a little milder than anger. When you're irritated about something, you're impatient or exasperated, the way you feel when someone rubs you the wrong way. Irritated can also mean this quite literally; your wrist might be irritated by the rubbing of your new watch band. The word irritated comes from the Latin irritatus, which means "excite or provoke." Anything that provokes you in an annoying way can make you irritated. WORD FAMILYirritated: irritatedly+/irritability: irritabilities/irritable: irritability, irritably/irritate: irritable, irritated, irritates, irritating, irritation, irritative/irritating: irritatingly/irritation: irritations USAGE EXAMPLESHowever, most of us don't get irritated to the point of using our irons as weapons. Golf Digest(Dec 30, 2016) Still, Mr. Perlmuth said he was glad the subway was finally opening, even if he was irritated by the many inconveniences during construction. New York Times(Dec 28, 2016) He irritated some legislators during the election but everyone is saying the right things at the moment. Washington Times(Dec 21, 2016) adj aroused to impatience or anger made an irritated gesture Syn annoyed, miffed, nettled, peeved, riled, roiled, steamed, stung displeased not pleased; experiencing or manifesting displeasure |
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