Irritated

4 definitions found

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

  irritated \irritated\ adj.
     aroused to impatience or anger; as, made an irritated
     gesture.
  
     Syn: annoyed, nettled, peeved, pissed, stung.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Irritate \Ir"ri*tate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Irritated}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Irritating}.] [L. irritatus, p. p. of irritare. Of
     doubtful origin.]
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     1. To increase the action or violence of; to heighten
        excitement in; to intensify; to stimulate.
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              Cold maketh the spirits vigorous and irritateth
              them.                                 --Bacon.
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     2. To excite anger or displeasure in; to provoke; to tease;
        to exasperate; to annoy; to vex; as, the insolence of a
        tyrant irritates his subjects.
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              Dismiss the man, nor irritate the god:
              Prevent the rage of him who reigns above. --Pope.
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     3. (Physiol.) To produce irritation in; to stimulate; to
        cause to contract. See {Irritation}, n., 2.
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     4. (Med.) To make morbidly excitable, or oversensitive; to
        fret; as, the skin is irritated by friction; to irritate a
        wound by a coarse bandage.
  
     Syn: To fret; inflame; excite; provoke; tease; vex;
          exasperate; anger; incense; enrage.
  
     Usage: To {Irritate}, {Provoke}, {Exasperate}. These words
            express different stages of excited or angry feeling.
            Irritate denotes an excitement of quick and slightly
            angry feeling which is only momentary; as, irritated
            by a hasty remark. To provoke implies the awakening of
            some open expression of decided anger; as, a provoking
            insult. Exasperate denotes a provoking of anger at
            something unendurable. Whatever comes across our
            feelings irritates; whatever excites anger provokes;
            whatever raises anger to a high point exasperates.
            "Susceptible and nervous people are most easily
            irritated; proud people are quickly provoked; hot and
            fiery people are soonest exasperated." --Crabb.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  irritated
       adj 1: feeling inflammation or other discomfort (especially in a
              part of the body)
       2: aroused to impatience or anger; "made an irritated gesture";
          "feeling nettled from the constant teasing"; "peeved about
          being left out"; "felt really pissed at her snootiness";
          "riled no end by his lies"; "roiled by the delay" [syn: {annoyed},
           {miffed}, {nettled}, {peeved}, {pissed}, {pissed off}, {riled},
           {roiled}, {steamed}, {stunng}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  91 Moby Thesaurus words for "irritated":
     aggravated, algetic, amplified, angry, annoyed, augmented,
     bothered, broken, browned-off, bugged, burned, burning, burnt-up,
     burst, busted, chafed, checked, chipped, cracked, crazed, cut,
     damaged, deliberately provoked, deteriorated, disturbed,
     embittered, enhanced, enlarged, exacerbated, exasperated,
     festering, fiery, galled, griped, harmed, heated up, heightened,
     hotted up, huffy, hurt, impaired, imperfect, in bits, in pieces,
     in shards, increased, inflamed, injured, intensified, irked,
     lacerated, magnified, mangled, miffed, mutilated, nettled, peeved,
     piqued, provoked, put-out, rankling, raw, red, rent, resentful,
     riled, roiled, ruffled, ruptured, scalded, scorched, sensitive,
     shattered, slashed, slit, smarting, smashed, sore, soured, split,
     sprung, tender, the worse for, tingling, torn, troubled, vexed,
     weakened, worse, worse off, worsened