irritatingness

Noun

irritatingness (uncountable)

1. The quality of being irritating.
   • There is much clever character drawing, especially in the case of Mrs. Sirgood, the mother-in-law of the wavering wife. She is a masterpiece of feminine irritatingness, irritating even to read about, yet painfully true to life.1905 May 1, The Keeper of the Review Bookshop [pseudonym], “The Review’s Bookshop”, in W[illiam] T[homas] Stead, editor, The Review of Reviews, volume XXXI, number 185, London, →OCLC, page 544...
   • The comet presently became annoyed and alarmed, especially as it seemed that the asbestos fibre had become lodged in its teeth with the irritatingness of a fishbone on one’s tongue.1910 February 20, Stephen Chalmers, “The Truth About the Comet and About the Disappearance of Dr. Gook, Heer Flounder and the Truthful Author”, in The New York Times (Magazine section), New York...