Definition:
- (n.) The act of irritating, or exciting, or the state of being irritated; excitement; stimulation, usually of an undue and uncomfortable kind; especially, excitement of anger or passion; provocation; annoyance; anger.
- (n.) The act of exciting, or the condition of being excited to action, by stimulation; -- as, the condition of an organ of sense, when its nerve is affected by some external body; esp., the act of exciting muscle fibers to contraction, by artificial stimulation; as, the irritation of a motor nerve by electricity; also, the condition of a muscle and nerve, under such stimulation.
- (n.) A condition of morbid excitability or oversensitiveness of an organ or part of the body; a state in which the application of ordinary stimuli produces pain or excessive or vitiated action.
Compare irritation with other words:
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epiphora vs. irritation
disgust vs. irritation
irritation vs. nettle
irritation vs. mad
frustration vs. irritation
annoyance vs. irritation
irritation vs. mobile
irritation vs. trigeminal
irritation vs. provocation
angst vs. irritation
inflammation vs. irritation
irritation vs. sternutate
irritation vs. noyance
irritation vs. petulantly
irritation vs. phototonus
irritation vs. scratch
irritating vs. irritation
anger vs. irritation
irritation vs. snappish
irritated vs. irritation
irritation vs. pshaw
bugbear vs. irritation
exasperation vs. irritation
hassle vs. irritation
irritate vs. irritation
irritant vs. irritation
irritation vs. irritative
irritation vs. rankle
irritation vs. pique
irritation vs. obtundent
aggravation vs. irritation
damn vs. irritation
annoying vs. irritation
acrid vs. irritation
irritation vs. sneeze
irritation vs. wear
irritation vs. tear
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chafing vs. irritation
agitation vs. irritation
abirritation vs. irritation
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