irritate
i ri tayt
- v cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves - v excite to an abnormal condition, or chafe or inflame
Aspirin irritates my stomach - v excite to some characteristic action or condition, such as motion, contraction, or nervous impulse, by the application of a stimulus
irritate the glands of a leaf
- You've now created something that that will do nothing but irritate anyone who thinks they're going to see a Books of Magic movie.
- Three weeks before, Director Amundsen had received an anonymous telephone call, telling him that in this garage a caged cat was daily put before a bulldog to irritate it.
- It is as if they are creating always a bleeding wound, that is ready to commence bleeding any time you irritate it.