Irritative

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Irritative \Ir"ri*ta*tive\, a.
     1. Serving to excite or irritate; irritating; as, an
        irritative agent.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Accompanied with, or produced by, increased action or


        irritation; as, an irritative fever. --E. Darwin.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  irritative
       adj : (used of physical stimuli) serving to stimulate or excite;
             "an irritative agent" [syn: {irritating}]