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irritance

irritance noun: irritation.

Noun

irritance (countable and uncountable, plural irritances)

  1. irritation
    • The new electronic switching system means expanded service and an end to irritances such as cross-talk, line-hum, and being cut off in mid-conversation.1986, The Army Communicator, volume 11, number 2, page 46

Forms of irritance

pluralirritances

Questions about irritance

What does irritance mean?
Irritance means irritation.
What part of speech is irritance?
Irritance is a noun.
What is the plural of irritance?
The plural of irritance is irritances.

Words near irritance in the dictionary

  1. irritable male syndrome
  2. irritableness
  3. irritablenesses
  4. irritably
  5. irritainment
  6. irritance
  7. irritances
  8. irritancies
  9. irritancy
  10. irritant
  11. irritants

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