irritatorn.
/ˈɪrɪteɪtə/ rare.
One who or that which irritates.
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the mind > emotion > anger > irritation > [noun] > action of irritating > cause of irritation > one who or that which irritates
fly?c1225
terrer1382
prickc1384
taryerc1440
stub1531
provokera1542
a mote in the eye1546
annoying1566
nettler1611
gadfly1622
flea-biter1629
exasperator1632
badgerer?1791
irritator1855
needler1874
nagger1881
holy terror1883
knob1920
jerkface1942
needle artist1982
d-bag1984
knob-end1989
hater1996
1855 in H. Clarke New Dict. Eng. Lang.
1889 Chambers's Jrnl. Jan. 36/2 ‘You didn't think I was going to sit here..?’ the irritator asked.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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n.1855- to wait like piffy on a rock bun
- to wait of
- to wait off
- to wait on
- to wait on a person hand and foot
- to wait on a person to hand and foot
- to wait on hand and foot
- to wait on or upon
- to wait on the cup, the trencher, the table
- to wait on to hand and foot
- to wait one scathe
- to wait one's distance
- to wait one's time, hour, opportunity, etc
- to wait one'the time, hour, opportunity, etc
- to wait out
- to wait over
- to wait scathe
- to wait serve a person hand and foot
- to wait serve a person to hand and foot
- to wait serve hand and foot
- to wait serve to hand and foot
- to wait table
- to wait the table
- to wait till one sees
- to wait to