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irritational

irritational adjective: relating to irritation.

Adjective

irritational (not comparable)

  1. Relating to irritation.
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Origin of irritational

From irritation + -al.

Questions about irritational

What does irritational mean?
Irritational means relating to irritation.
What part of speech is irritational?
Irritational is an adjective.

Words near irritational in the dictionary

  1. irritateth
  2. irritating
  3. irritatingly
  4. irritatingness
  5. irritation
  6. irritational
  7. irritations
  8. irritative
  9. irritativeness
  10. irritatives
  11. irritator

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