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[ ir-i-tey-shuhn ] / ˌɪr ɪˈteɪ ʃən / SEE SYNONYMS FOR irritation ON THESAURUS.COM
nounthe act of irritating or the state of being irritated. something that irritates. Physiology, Pathology. - the bringing of a bodily part or organ to an abnormally excited or sensitive condition.
- the condition itself.
Origin of irritationFirst recorded in 1580–90, irritation is from the Latin word irrītātiōn- (stem of irrītātiō). See irritate, -ion WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH irritationaggravation, annoyance, intensification, irritation , worseningWords nearby irritationirritable heart, irritant, irritate, irritated, irritating, irritation, irritation fibroma, irritative, irrorate, irrotational, irrupt Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for irritationIf they are untrue, I can understand your irritation, yet you have never roundly denied them. Dear John, It Gets Better: A Letter to Travolta|Tim Teeman|July 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST I come home sweaty, exhausted, and full of irritation about the three sleeves of Titleists lost in the rough. What Did TJ Mean By “Pursuit of Happiness,” Anyway?|P. J. O’Rourke|June 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST Rather, he dishes up a seemingly endless stream of examples of pettiness, irritation, hypocrisy and awkwardness. Fear And Self-Loathing In Scandinavia: The Fiction Of Karl Ove Knausgaard|Ted Gioia|May 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST I adapted and my irritation turned into indifference, then strangely, acceptance. How I’ll End the War: My First Week Back in Afghanistan|Nick Willard|May 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“Unhappy” about her wait on the tarmac, she took to Twitter to voice her irritation. Plane-Related Incidents Reach New Level of Weird|Rachel Hochhauser|April 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST "Oh, there wasn't anything fine about it, Colonel," he answered with a touch of irritation. Sunlight Patch|Credo Fitch Harris There was a touch of the lackey about Purvis, and his voice was humble sometimes to the verge of irritation. Peter and Jane|S. (Sarah) Macnaughtan "I remained to pray," he answered, with a sense of irritation at her persistence. Under the Witches' Moon|Nathan Gallizier Lady Ruth watched them with a curious sense of irritation for which she could not altogether account. The Malefactor|E. Phillips Oppenheim The devil you did, the roundsman said, as much with irritation as with amazement. The White Terror and The Red|Abraham Cahan
British Dictionary definitions for irritation
nounsomething that irritates the act of irritating or the condition of being irritated Derived forms of irritationirritative, adjectiveCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to irritationsoreness, irritability, inflammation, tenderness, anger, annoyance, discomfort, exasperation, susceptibility, rawness, susceptibleness, oversensitiveness, excitability, hypersensitivity, tenseness, upset, stress, vexation, provocation Medical definitions for irritation
n.Extreme incipient inflammatory reaction of the body tissues to an injury. The normal response of a nerve or muscle to a stimulus. The evocation of a reaction in the body tissues by the application of a stimulus. Other words from irritationir′ri•ta′tive (-tā′tĭv) adj.The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |