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irritate
transitive verb irritated, irritating
- to excite to anger; provoke; annoy; exasperate
- to cause (an organ or part of the body) to be inflamed or sore
- Physiol. to excite (an organ, muscle, etc.) to a characteristic action or function by a stimulus
Related Forms:
- irritatingly adverb
See irritate in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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