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irritated

Syllables: ir·ri·tat·ed/ˈɪɹɪteɪtɪd/

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British/ˈɪɹɪtɛjtɪd/

irritated is the simple past and past participle of irritate.

Adjective

irritated (comparative more irritated, superlative most irritated)

  1. Experiencing a feeling of irritation.
    • She felt irritated by the constant noise.
    • His irritated tone made the situation worse.
    Synonyms:
    annoyed
  2. Inflamed and painful.
    • irritated skin

Meaning of irritate

Verb (1)

irritate (third-person singular simple present irritates, present participle irritating, simple past and past participle irritated)

  1. (transitive) To provoke impatience, anger, or displeasure in.
    • If thou irritatest my lord, there will come to war against thee all the Getulians, Numidians, and Garamantes, Afric contains.1814, Signor Vestris, La Didone Abbandonata, a Serious Opera, in Two Acts. Altered from Metastasio, by Signor Vestris. As Represented at the King’s Theatre, in the Hay-Market., London: […] J. Gillet...
    Antonyms:
    placate, please, soothe
  2. (intransitive) To cause or induce displeasure or irritation.
    Synonyms:
    abrade, chafe, grate, rankle
  3. (transitive) To induce pain in (all or part of a body or organism).

Verb (2)

irritate (third-person singular simple present irritates, present participle irritating, simple past and past participle irritated)

  1. (obsolete, transitive, Scots law) To render null and void.
    • Are human laws presently superfluous, so often as they do not irritate or abrogate Divine laws ?c. 1634-1661 John Bramhall, Protestants' Ordination Defended

Synonyms of irritated

Forms of irritated

comparativemore irritated
superlativemost irritated

Words formed from irritated

Questions about irritated

What does irritated mean?
Irritated means experiencing a feeling of irritation.
What is irritated the simple past and past participle of?
Irritated is the simple past and past participle of irritate.
What part of speech is irritated?
Irritated is an adjective.
How do you pronounce irritated?
Irritated is pronounced /ˈɪɹɪteɪtɪd/ (UK).

Words near irritated in the dictionary

  1. irritancy
  2. irritant
  3. irritants
  4. irritatable
  5. irritate
  6. irritated
  7. irritatedly
  8. irritates
  9. irritateth
  10. irritating
  11. irritatingly

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