| 单词 | irritating |
| 释义 | irritating (once / 1536 pages) adj If something's irritating, it annoys you. To most people, tuneless whistling and fingernails on a chalkboard are both irritating sounds. Irritating things bug you. A little kid kicking the back of your seat on an airplane, a driver who follows you too closely on the highway, an early morning work crew right outside your bedroom window — all of these things can be irritating. A more physical way for something to be irritating is if it causes irritation — like a rash or soreness or pain. Your new watch may be irritating to your skin, leaving a red mark on your wrist. WORD FAMILYirritating: irritatingly+/irritability: irritabilities/irritable: irritability, irritably/irritate: irritable, irritated, irritates, irritating, irritation, irritative/irritated: irritatedly/irritation: irritations USAGE EXAMPLESRon Gallo, June 23 at the 5 Spot: Insurgent thrift-store poet overcomes irritating schmoozing crowd with feedback and barbed words. Slate(Dec 27, 2016) Yet I still found it rather irritating to read so many diagnosis of the man. New York Times(Mar 27, 2013) When the brain’s regulatory powers weaken, frustrations seem more irritating than usual. New York Times(Aug 17, 2011) 1adj causing irritation or annoyance an irritating delay Syn annoying, bothersome, galling, nettlesome, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, plaguey, plaguy, teasing, vexatious, vexing disagreeable not to your liking 2adj (used of physical stimuli) serving to stimulate or excite Syn irritative stimulative capable of arousing or accelerating physiological or psychological activity or response by a chemical agent 3adj causing physical discomfort bites of black flies are more than irritating Syn painful uncomfortable providing or experiencing physical discomfort |
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