Definitions for irritate

irritate ir·ri·tate

Spelling: [ir-i-teyt]
IPA: /ˈɪr ɪˌteɪt/

Irritate is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 114 anagrams from letters in irritate (aeiirrtt).

Definitions for irritate

verb (used with object)

  1. to excite to impatience or anger; annoy.
  2. Physiology, Biology. to excite (a living system) to some characteristic action or function.
  3. Pathology. to bring (a body part) to an abnormally excited or sensitive condition.

verb (used without object)

  1. to cause irritation or become irritated.

Origin of irritate

1525-35; Latin irrītātus, past participle of irrītāre to arouse to anger, excite, aggravate, equivalent to irritā- v. stem + -tus past participle suffix

Examples for irritate

Such were the habits calculated to irritate the conventionalities of Tiverton against her.

Since coffee can irritate the gut, she suggests opting for herbal tea instead.

He reminds me of the head of the American Tobacco Co. whose motto was, ‘irritate them, irritate them.’

Yet you stand there and irritate me with your chatter of another world.

The sick man was flushed and growing fretful; it would not do to irritate him.

Do you say this to irritate and offend me, or do you prevaricate out of shame?

The smooth chatter begins to irritate me, and then infuriate me.

He did not speak and his silence seemed to irritate his partner.

He will perform this role very well, especially if he curbs his gaffes that have already begun to irritate the White House.

Huffington also wrote that he was “easy to irritate and apt to air his grudges in public.”

Word Value for irritate
Scrable

8

Words with friends

8

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