irritates

irritates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of irritate.

Meaning of irritate

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

(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...
Synonyms:

provoke, rile, aggravate, annoy, nettle, rankle, ruffle, sting, burn someone's ass, antagonize

Antonyms:

placate, please, soothe
(intransitive) To cause or induce displeasure or irritation.

Synonyms:

abrade, chafe, grate, rankle
(transitive) To induce pain in (all or part of a body or organism).

Synonyms:

afflict, pang, ache, aggrieve, agonize, anguish, dere, excruciate, hurt, pine

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

(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:

annul, nullify, invalidate

What is irritates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?: Irritates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of irritate.

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