Definition of Irritate
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(v. t.) To render null and void.
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(v. t.) To increase the action or violence of; to heighten excitement in; to intensify; to stimulate.
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(v. t.) To excite anger or displeasure in; to provoke; to tease; to exasperate; to annoy; to vex; as, the insolence of a tyrant irritates his subjects.
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(v. t.) To produce irritation in; to stimulate; to cause to contract. See Irritation, n., 2.
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(n.) To make morbidly excitable, or oversensitive; to fret; as, the skin is irritated by friction; to irritate a wound by a coarse bandage.
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(a.) Excited; heightened.
Homophones of Irritate
No Homophones Found.