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Irritate
IR'RITATE, v.t. [L. irrito; in and ira, wrath.]
1. To excite heat and redness in the skin or flesh of living animal bodies, as by friction; to inflame; to fret; as, to irritate a wounded part by a coarse bandage.
2. To excite anger; to provoke; to tease; to exasperate. Never irritate a child for trifling faults. The insolence of a tyrant irritates his subjects.
3. To increase action or violence; to highten excitement in.
Air, if very cold, irritateth the flame.
4. To cause fibrous contractions in an extreme part of the sensorium, as by the appulse of an external body.
irritate appears in definitions for these words:
Blood Choleric Cough Despite Displease Enchafe Enchafed Exacerbate Exasperate Exasperated Fire Fired Fret Grate Gratingly Grievous High-spirited Incense Inflame Irritability Irritable Irritant Irritate Irritative Meek Move Nettle Nettled Nettler Orgasm Pique Piqued Quarrelsome Resentive Set Tease Teased Testy Unirritated Unvexed Venus Vesation Vex Vexed Vexer Vexingly
Blood Choleric Cough Despite Displease Enchafe Enchafed Exacerbate Exasperate Exasperated Fire Fired Fret Grate Gratingly Grievous High-spirited Incense Inflame Irritability Irritable Irritant Irritate Irritative Meek Move Nettle Nettled Nettler Orgasm Pique Piqued Quarrelsome Resentive Set Tease Teased Testy Unirritated Unvexed Venus Vesation Vex Vexed Vexer Vexingly
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