irritates

verb

(transitive) To provoke impatience, anger, or displeasure in.

(intransitive) To cause or induce displeasure or irritation.

(transitive) To induce pain in (all or part of a body or organism).

(transitive, obsolete, Scots law) To render null and void.

Roots

irritoirrit- · Latin · provoke, excite

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