Thesaurus: irritate

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1. v. t. To render null and void.
2. v. t. To increase the action or violence of; to heighten excitement in; to intensify; to stimulate.
3. 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.
4. v. t. To produce irritation in; to stimulate; to cause to contract. See Irritation, n., 2.
5. n. To make morbidly excitable, or oversensitive; to fret; as, the skin is irritated by friction; to irritate a wound by a coarse bandage.
6. a. Excited; heightened.
7. v. cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
8. v. excite to an abnormal condition, or chafe or inflame
9. v. excite to some characteristic action or condition, such as motion, contraction, or nervous impulse, by the application of a stimulus
10. v:100 v. excite to an abnormal condition, or chafe or inflame v. excite to some characteristic action or condition, such as motion, contraction, or nervous impulse, by the application of a stimulus