(v. t.) To increase the action or violence of; to heighten excitement in; to intensify; to stimulate.
(v. t.) To excite anger or displeasure in; to provoke; to tease; to exasperate; to annoy; to vex; as, the insolence of a tyrant irritates his subjects.
(v. t.) To produce irritation in; to stimulate; to cause to contract. See Irritation, n., 2.
(n.) To make morbidly excitable, or oversensitive; to fret; as, the skin is irritated by friction; to irritate a wound by a coarse bandage.
(a.) Excited; heightened.
Example Sentences:
(1) Postpartum management is directed toward decreasing vasospasm and central nervous system irritability and maintaining fluid and electrolyte balance.
(2) testosterone, fentanyl, nicotine) may ultimately be administered in this way, important questions pertaining to pharmacology (tolerance), toxicity (irritation, sensitisation) and dose sufficiency (penetration enhancement) remain.
(3) It was shown that the antibiotic had low acute toxicity, did not cumulate and had no skin-irritating effect.
(4) Inhibition of binding of [3H]TPA to the receptor preparation by tigliane and ingenane DTE correlates with irritant activity in vivo, while some daphnane and 1 alpha-alkyldaphnane DTE inhibit binding of [3H]TPA in a less pronounced manner but still are very irritant.
(5) Exposure to irritants was also more common among the asthmatics than the nonasthmatics with similar exposure to organic allergens (P = 0.004).
(6) The purpose of this study was to develop a new model for the induction of chronic irritant contact dermatitis, which would reflect well the conditions of daily practice.
(7) The drug I started taking caused an irritating, chronic cough, which disappeared when I switched to an inexpensive diuretic.
(8) These injections led to epidermal hyperplasia in areas overlying the irritant and the effect was most significant when the irritant was placed in the upper dermis.
(9) Two children required lidocaine therapy for cardiac irritability manifesting as multifocal PVCs and ventricular tachycardia.
(10) In autumn, leaf-heaps composted themselves on sunken patios, and were shovelled up by irritated owners of basement flats.
(11) The dietary fibre intake of 25 patients with the irritable bowel syndrome was assessed by dietary recall over one week for the period before onset of symptoms, at diagnosis and after six months treatment with bran and a fibre-rich diet, and compared with controls matched for age and sex.
(12) A case of epidermoid tumor of the sacral area with S3 root irritation resulting in bladder dysfunction is presented and its possible relationship to spinal puncture is discussed.
(13) The present study did not identify any baseline parameters such as initial prostate volume, peak flow rates, or obstructive or irritative symptom scores that correlated with clinical outcome.
(14) Scores on the "dependent smoking" subscale of the smoking motivation questionnaire correlated significantly with overall withdrawal severity, craving, and increased irritability.
(15) The airways can be affected by inflammation, can be targets of infection, and can respond to chemical irritants with bronchoconstrictive responses.
(16) Some pulp irritation can occur if deep restorations are not placed over a protective film.
(17) MIDAZOLAM IS SUPERIOR TO DIAZEPAM IN CERTAIN WAYS: it has a more rapid onset; produces greater anterograde amnesia, less postoperative drowsiness, less venous irritation and less likelihood of thrombophlebitis development.
(18) Primary invasive adenocarcinoma of the bladder was diagnosed in a fifty-two-year-old male with a two-month history of irritative voiding symptoms.
(19) We studied seventy patients, 23 males and 47 females with irritable bowel syndrome in adolescence aged 13-19 yrs, who visited the department of psychosomatic medicine in Takano Hospital during about six year period of April, 1986-July, 1992.
(20) The study suggested that 1) diabetes and "prediabetes" produce significant changes in levels of chondroitin 4, 6, and dermatan sulfates within alveolar bone, 2) in "prediabetic" animals, interdental bone loss occurs prior to the onset of clinical symptoms and in the absence of local irritating factors, the bone height appears to return to normal levels, and 3) there may be a correlation between alveolar bone height and relative levels of dermatan sulfate.
Peeve
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) Did it originate with the pet peeve of a self-anointed maven?
(2) With a Tory leadership campaign looming, who wants to get on the wrong side of a man whose pet peeves can be on the front page of the Times and the Sun every day?
(3) The Guardian view on Sir Michael Wilshaw: ruffling the right feathers | Editorial Read more His reliance on personal anecdotes over facts has also led to him focusing on pet peeves.
(4) But despite taking the major honours of the evening the singer was cut off in her moment of glory and looked peeved as host Corden interrupted her to make way for Blur because the televised show was running out of time.
(5) Paul Ince was too peeved to celebrate and demanded a post-match meeting with the referee.
(6) Great drama lives in the vacuum between the lines – the space we fill with our experiences, likes and pet peeves.
(7) Sam Allardyce was peeved as he felt Noble had nicked the ball.
(8) Bulk collection of phone and internet records raises a slew of constitutional questions, all of which are pet peeves for the libertarian-leaning Paul.
(9) Two years on, his mother will obviously be mildly peeved: Al Bernameg is no stranger to innuendo where the material allows, and Islam is not a taboo.
(10) What follow are 10 common issues of grammar selected from those that repeatedly turn up in style guides, pet-peeve lists, newspaper language columns and irate letters to the editor.
(11) "I had more followers than her," Gardiner notes, slightly peeved, before conceding: "I don't know, she was probably right."
(12) "I was really peeved that everyone had taken issue with the fact that I think I'm attractive rather than engaging with the debate.
(13) One serious peeve is loud music, and especially those places that won't turn it off, or down, even when your group are the only customers.
(14) Big companies have a fail-safe weapon when they are peeved with customers and that is to go to ground, which E.ON did successfully for two months until I winkled them out via the press office.
(15) Nationals leader Warren Truss said the US president, Barack Obama, had been “peeved” that he hadn’t been able to win a free trade agreement with China like Australia had.
(16) "I only had a day or two of dance lessons," says Aaron, sounding a little peeved.
(17) As long as we don’t peeve our customers coming in for a pint or a meal and slow up service then I think we can do it.” He said the takeaway offer would probably be extended to more drinks at first, rather than food.
(18) "They are all pretty peeved about it – hardly urgent police work."
(19) When some people are not pulling their weight, for example, isn't it quite right and proper to get more than a little peeved?
(20) As for Ed Miliband, he'll doubtless carry on seeking an inquiry into "the culture of banking" with the same manner he always affects when discussing capitalist crisis: looking like a faintly peeved vicar who has just leafed through the Financial Times and discovered that Bad Things are happening in the cosmos.