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Serving to excite or irritate; irritating; as, an irritative agent.

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  1. a. Serving to excite or irritate; irritating; as, an irritative agent.
  2. a. Accompanied with, or produced by, increased action or irritation; as, an irritative fever.
  3. adj. (used of physical stimuli) serving to stimulate or excite
  4. 1. Serving to excite or irritate; irritating; as, an irritative agent. 2. Accompanied with, or produced by, increased action or irritation; as, an irritative fever. E. Darwin.
  5. s (used of physical stimuli) serving to stimulate or excite