Definitions for irritation

irritation ir·ri·ta·tion

Spelling: [ir-i-tey-shuh n]
IPA: /ˌɪr ɪˈteɪ ʃən/

Irritation is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 206 anagrams from letters in irritation (aiiinorrtt).

Definitions for irritation

noun

  1. the act of irritating or the state of being irritated.
  2. something that irritates.
  3. Physiology, Pathology. the bringing of a bodily part or organ to an abnormally excited or sensitive condition. the condition itself.

Origin of irritation

First recorded in 1580-90, irritation is from the Latin word irrītātiōn- (stem of irrītātiō). See irritate, -ion

Examples for irritation

Rather, he dishes up a seemingly endless stream of examples of pettiness, irritation, hypocrisy and awkwardness.

Gilder made a gesture of irritation, as he sank into the chair at his desk.

I come home sweaty, exhausted, and full of irritation about the three sleeves of Titleists lost in the rough.

If they are untrue, I can understand your irritation, yet you have never roundly denied them.

The violence of her feelings, which must wear her out, may be easily kept in irritation.

“Unhappy” about her wait on the tarmac, she took to Twitter to voice her irritation.

At last, however, he mastered his irritation to some degree, and spoke his command briefly.

I adapted and my irritation turned into indifference, then strangely, acceptance.

Mrs. Little felt a strange mingling of pride and irritation at what she saw.

Moreover, it was forcibly borne in upon him just what a source of irritation they had been.

Word Value for irritation
Scrable

10

Words with friends

11

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