irritate
/ˈɪɹ.ɪˌteɪt/ verb B1- To provoke impatience, anger, or displeasure in.
- To cause or induce displeasure or irritation.
- To induce pain in (all or part of a body or organism).
He/she/it irritates · Past irritated · Past participle irritated · -ing form irritating
Verb forms
- Base form
- irritate
- He/she/it
- irritates
- Past
- irritated
- Past participle
- irritated
- -ing form
- irritating
From the library
Alice felt a little irritated at the Caterpillar’s making such _very_ short remarks, and she drew herself up and said, very gravely, “I think, you ought to tell me who _you_ are, first.”
Consequently, when Marilla entered her kitchen and found the fire black out, with no sign of Anne anywhere, she felt justly disappointed and irritated.
Darcy liked me less, his son might have borne with me better; but his father’s uncommon attachment to me irritated him, I believe, very early in life.
The Serpent, irritated at the escape of his prey, injected his poison into the drinking horn of the countryman.
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