irritate en · VERB · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈɪɹ.ɪˌteɪt/
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Etymology
Borrowed from Latin irrītātus, perfect passive participle of irrītō (“excite, irritate, incite, stimulate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Meanings
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(transitive) To provoke impatience, anger, or displeasure in.
If thou irritatest my lord, there will come to war against thee all the Getulians, Numidians, and Garamantes, Afric contains.
1814, Signor Vestris, La Didone Abbandonata, a Serious Opera, in Two Acts. Altered from Metastasio, by Signor Vestris. As Represented at the King’s Theatre, in the Hay-Market., London: […] J. Gillet, […], page 15:Thou scandalizest me and irritatest my nature as much as it possibly can be irritated.
1896, Ernest Rénan, translated by Eleanor Grant Vickery, Caliban: A Philosophical Drama Continuing “The Tempest” of William Shakespeare (Publications of The Shakespeare Society of New York; No. 9), New York, N.Y.: The Shakespeare Press; London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., Ltd., page 19:Thanks to that penny he had just spent so recklessly [on a newspaper] he would pass a happy hour, taken, for once, out of his anxious, despondent, miserable self. It irritated him shrewdly to know that these moments of respite from carking care would not be shared with his poor wife, with careworn, troubled Ellen.
1913, Mrs. [Marie] Belloc Lowndes, chapter I, in The Lodger, London: Methuen, →OCLC; republished in Novels of Mystery: The Lodger; The Story of Ivy; What Really Happened, New York, N.Y.: Longmans, Green and Co., […], [1933], →OCLC, page 10:
- (intransitive) To cause or induce displeasure or irritation.
- (transitive) To induce pain in (all or part of a body or organism).
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| irritates | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| irritated | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| irritated | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| irritating | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
abirritate · counterirritate · irritator · irritatable
Relateds
peeve · disturb · irritation · irritatory · irritative · irritant · exasperate
Synonyms
burn up · excruciate · exasperate · storm · put someone's back up · get someone's Irish up · anguish · Idioms: · rub someone the wrong way · abrade · devil · grind one's gears · afflict · antagonize · vex · nark · pang · ruffle · rack · rankle · get up · peeve off · chafe · peeve · torque off · harsh one's mellow · torture · hack off · pique · grate · botherate · hurt · burn someone's ass · acerbate · rankle · persecute · mommick · frustrate · rub up the wrong way · get someone's nanny-goat · bother · disgruntle · irritate · get someone's nanny · chap someone's hide · test someone's patience · get under one's goat · pine · nettle · afflict · piss off · provoke · annoy · pee off · tee off · pang · jazz · hassle · rile · aggravate · sting · roil · torment · boil someone's piss · tick off · get on someone's tits · throe · molest · try one's patience · bedevil · bug · give someone the shits · get under someone's skin · get someone's dander up · ache · get on someone's wick · irritate · cheese off · aggrieve · trouble · get on someone's nerves · wring · raise someone's hackles · nerve · rile up · grate · agonize · get · provoke · ruffle someone's feathers · irk · rile · dere · grotch · get someone's goat · get someone's back up · wind up
Translations (84)
nl irriteren (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation) · bg ядосвам (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation) · hi चिढ़ाना (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation) · fi vaivata (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation) · tr sinir etmek (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation) · pl denerwować (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation) · lt dirginti (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation) · uk дратува́ти (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation) · tr tahriş etmek (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation) · la piget (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation) · pl irytować (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation) · es irritar (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation) · el τσαντίζω (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation) · tl alibadbaran (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation) · tr kızdırmak (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation) · sv irritera (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation) · grc παροξύνω (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation) · fi vituttaa (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation) · pl rozdrażniać (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation) · es enviscar (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation) · pl drażnić (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation) · pt irritar (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation) · mi mukākā (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation) · fi tympiä (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation) · lt erzinti (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation) · la taedet (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation) · ka გაღიზიანება (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation) · mi whakatōwenewene (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation) · gl irritar (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation) · hy ջղայնացնել (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation) · el θυμώνω (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation) · pl rozdrażnić (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation) · hy զայրացնել (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation) · ro agasa (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation) · de irritieren (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation) · cmn 刺激 (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation) · it irritare (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation) · fi nyppiä (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation) · az qıcıqlandırmaq (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation) · bn সাতানো (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation) · ro sâcâi (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation) · ka გაბრაზება (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation) · ja いらいらさせる (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation) · ru злить (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation) · tr irite etmek (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation) · mi whakakūrakuraku (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation) · ru серди́ть (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation) · fr agacer (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation) · ru раздража́ть (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation) · lad inyervar (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation) · tr sinirini bozmak (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation) · tr sinirlendirmek (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation) · ja 怒らせる (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation) · enm noyen (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation) · be раздражня́ць (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation) · io iracigar (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation) · tr öfkelendirmek (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation) · mi whakahārangirangi (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation) · gl tocar o carallo (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation) · kw veksya (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation) · bg дразня (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation) · ga greannaigh (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation) · de reizen (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation) · cmn 激怒 (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation) · gl arrizar (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation) · ja じらす (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation) · tr kaşındırmak (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation) · de ärgern (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation) · eo agaci (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation) · pl zdenerwować (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation) · no irritere (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation) · hy նյարդայնացնել (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation) · pl zirytować (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation) · fi harmittaa (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation) · bn জ্বালাতন করা (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation) · el εκνευρίζω (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation) · cs dráždit (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation) · fi ärsyttää (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation) · ro irita (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation) · tr gıcık etmek (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation) · th ทำให้หงุดหงิด (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation) · eo malamuzi (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation) · ro enerva (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation) · coh yuga (to cause or induce displeasure or irritation)