What is another word for irritate?
2046 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ ˈɪɹɪtˌe͡ɪt], [ ˈɪɹɪtˌeɪt], [ ˈɪ_ɹ_ɪ_t_ˌeɪ_t]
Irritate is a common word used to describe annoyance, frustration, or dissatisfaction. Synonyms for irritate include aggravate, vex, exasperate, bother, annoy, provoke, rile, peeve, and irk. Each of these synonyms can be used to describe a situation where someone is being bothered or frustrated. For example, a person might be aggravated by a loud noise, vexed by a difficult task, or exasperated by a troublesome person. Using synonyms for irritate can help to create more variety in your writing and to express ideas with greater precision. These synonyms can also help to avoid repetition and keep your writing engaging for readers.
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Similar words for irritate:
- annoy (noun)
- aggravate (verb)
- anger (verb)
- antagonize (verb)
- bedevil (verb)
- body (verb)
- bore (verb)
- bother (verb)
- bug (verb)
- chafe (verb)
- chagrin (verb)
- discompose (verb)
- displease (verb)
- distress (verb)
- disturb (verb)
- embitter (verb)
- enrage (verb)
- exacerbate (verb)
- exasperate (verb)
- excite (verb)
- faze (verb)
- fire (verb)
- get under one's skin (verb)
- gnaw (verb)
- goad (verb)
- harass (verb)
- harry (verb)
- henpeck (verb)
- hurt, chafe (verb)
- incense (verb)
- inflame (verb)
- insult (verb)
- irk (verb)
- irritate (verb)
- jar (verb)
- madden (verb)
- make worse (verb)
- miff (verb)
- molest (verb)
- nag (verb)
- nettle (verb)
- offend (verb)
- pain (verb)
- peeve (verb)
- perturb (verb)
- pique (verb)
- provoke (verb)
- rile (verb)
- tire (verb)
- torment (verb)
- trouble (verb)
- turn off (verb)
- vex (verb)
- worry (verb)
- wound (verb)
- aggravate
- bore
- chafe
- disappoint
- displease
- embitter
- exasperate
- excite
- gall
- gnaw
- madden
- miff
- needle
- noun
- pain
- turn off
- worry
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Irritate:
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n.
• annoy -
v.
• aggravate • anger- boiled over ,
- boils over ,
- burns up ,
- burnt up ,
- gat mad ,
- gets mad ,
- getting mad ,
- got mad ,
- gotten mad ,
- lose one temper ,
- lose ones temper ,
- made sore ,
- makes sore ,
- making sore ,
- out rage ,
- out raged ,
- out rages ,
- out raging ,
- out-rage ,
- out-raged ,
- out-rages ,
- out-raging ,
- raised hell ,
- raises hell ,
- steams up ,
- umbraged ,
- umbraging .
- counter act ,
- counter acted ,
- counter acting ,
- counter acts ,
- counter-act ,
- counter-acted ,
- counter-acting ,
- counter-acts ,
- worked against ,
- working against ,
- works against ,
- wrought against .
- be devil ,
- be deviled ,
- be deviling ,
- be devilled ,
- be devilling ,
- be devils ,
- be-devil ,
- be-deviled ,
- be-deviling ,
- be-devilled ,
- be-devilling ,
- be-devils .
- am tedious ,
- are tedious ,
- art tedious ,
- being tedious ,
- bend ear ,
- bend one ear ,
- bend ones ear ,
- bended ear ,
- bended one ear ,
- bended one's ear ,
- bended ones ear ,
- bending ear ,
- bending one ear ,
- bending one's ear ,
- bending ones ear ,
- bends ear ,
- bends one ear ,
- bends one's ear ,
- bends ones ear ,
- bent ear ,
- bent one ear ,
- bent one's ear ,
- bent ones ear ,
- dis comfort ,
- dis comforted ,
- dis comforting ,
- dis comforts ,
- dis-comfort ,
- dis-comforted ,
- dis-comforting ,
- dis-comforts ,
- is tedious ,
- put sleep ,
- puts sleep ,
- putting sleep ,
- send sleep ,
- sending sleep ,
- sending to sleep ,
- sends sleep ,
- sends to sleep ,
- sent sleep ,
- talk ear off ,
- talk one ear off ,
- talk ones ear off ,
- talked ear off ,
- talked one ear off ,
- talked one's ear off ,
- talked ones ear off ,
- talking ear off ,
- talking one ear off ,
- talking one's ear off ,
- talking ones ear off ,
- talks ear off ,
- talks one ear off ,
- talks one's ear off ,
- talks ones ear off ,
- turned one off ,
- turning one off ,
- turns one off ,
- was tedious ,
- wast tedious ,
- were tedious ,
- wert tedious .
- carped at ,
- carping at ,
- carps at ,
- dis commode ,
- dis commodes ,
- dis concert ,
- dis concerted ,
- dis concerting ,
- dis concerts ,
- dis gust ,
- dis gusted ,
- dis gusting ,
- dis gusts ,
- dis may ,
- dis mayed ,
- dis maying ,
- dis mays ,
- dis quiet ,
- dis quieted ,
- dis quieting ,
- dis quiets ,
- dis-commode ,
- dis-commodes ,
- dis-concert ,
- dis-concerted ,
- dis-concerting ,
- dis-concerts ,
- dis-gust ,
- dis-gusted ,
- dis-gusting ,
- dis-gusts ,
- dis-may ,
- dis-mayed ,
- dis-maying ,
- dis-mays ,
- dis-quiet ,
- dis-quieted ,
- dis-quieting ,
- dis-quiets ,
- grated on ,
- grates on ,
- grating on ,
- in convenience ,
- in conveniences ,
- in-convenience ,
- in-conveniences ,
- intrude up on ,
- intruded up on ,
- intruded upon ,
- intrudes up on ,
- intrudes upon ,
- intruding up on ,
- intruding upon ,
- up sets ,
- up setting ,
- up-set ,
- up-sets ,
- up-setting .
- gat on someone ,
- gat someone ,
- gets on someone ,
- gets someone ,
- getting on someone ,
- getting someone ,
- got on someone ,
- got someone ,
- gotten on someone ,
- gotten someone .
- dis comfit ,
- dis comfits ,
- dis grace ,
- dis graced ,
- dis graces ,
- dis gracing ,
- dis satisfied ,
- dis satisfies ,
- dis satisfy ,
- dis satisfying ,
- dis-comfit ,
- dis-comfits ,
- dis-grace ,
- dis-graced ,
- dis-graces ,
- dis-gracing ,
- dis-satisfied ,
- dis-satisfies ,
- dis-satisfy ,
- dis-satisfying .
- be wilder ,
- be wildered ,
- be wildering ,
- be wilders ,
- be-wilder ,
- be-wildered ,
- be-wildering ,
- be-wilders ,
- dis compose ,
- dis composed ,
- dis composes ,
- dis composing ,
- dis organize ,
- dis organized ,
- dis organizes ,
- dis organizing ,
- dis-compose ,
- dis-composed ,
- dis-composes ,
- dis-composing ,
- dis-organize ,
- dis-organized ,
- dis-organizes ,
- dis-organizing ,
- un hinge ,
- un hinged ,
- un hinges ,
- un hinging ,
- un settle ,
- un settled ,
- un settles ,
- un settling ,
- un-hinge ,
- un-hinged ,
- un-hinges ,
- un-hinging ,
- un-settle ,
- un-settled ,
- un-settles ,
- un-settling .
- am case ,
- am on case ,
- am on one case ,
- am on one's case ,
- am on ones case ,
- am one case ,
- am one's case ,
- am ones case ,
- are case ,
- are on case ,
- are on one case ,
- are on one's case ,
- are on ones case ,
- are one case ,
- are one's case ,
- are ones case ,
- art case ,
- art one's case ,
- art ones case ,
- be case ,
- be on case ,
- be on one case ,
- be on ones case ,
- be one case ,
- be one's case ,
- be ones case ,
- being case ,
- being on case ,
- being on one case ,
- being on one's case ,
- being on ones case ,
- being one case ,
- being one's case ,
- being ones case ,
- de press ,
- de pressed ,
- de presses ,
- de pressing ,
- de solate ,
- de solated ,
- de solates ,
- de solating ,
- de-press ,
- de-pressed ,
- de-presses ,
- de-pressing ,
- de-solate ,
- de-solated ,
- de-solates ,
- de-solating ,
- did a number on ,
- did number on ,
- didst a number on ,
- didst number on ,
- dis tress ,
- dis tressed ,
- dis tresses ,
- dis-tress ,
- dis-tressed ,
- dis-tresses ,
- does a number on ,
- does number on ,
- doest a number on ,
- doest number on ,
- doeth a number on ,
- doeth number on ,
- doing a number on ,
- doing number on ,
- dost a number on ,
- dost number on ,
- doth a number on ,
- doth number on ,
- is case ,
- is on case ,
- is on one case ,
- is on one's case ,
- is on ones case ,
- is one case ,
- is one's case ,
- is ones case ,
- made it tough for ,
- made tough for ,
- make tough for ,
- makes it tough for ,
- makes tough for ,
- making it tough for ,
- making tough for ,
- nit pick ,
- nit picked ,
- nit picking ,
- nit picks ,
- nit-picked ,
- nit-picks ,
- pushed buttons ,
- pushes buttons ,
- pushing buttons ,
- ticking off ,
- ticks off ,
- was case ,
- was on case ,
- was on one case ,
- was on one's case ,
- was on ones case ,
- was one case ,
- was one's case ,
- was ones case ,
- wast case ,
- wast on case ,
- wast on one case ,
- wast on one's case ,
- wast on ones case ,
- wast one case ,
- wast one's case ,
- wast ones case ,
- were case ,
- were on case ,
- were on one case ,
- were on one's case ,
- were on ones case ,
- were one case ,
- were one's case ,
- were ones case ,
- wert case ,
- wert on case ,
- wert on one case ,
- wert on one's case ,
- wert on ones case ,
- wert one case ,
- wert one's case ,
- wert ones case .
- dis hearten ,
- dis heartened ,
- dis heartening ,
- dis heartens ,
- dis tract ,
- dis tracts ,
- dis-hearten ,
- dis-heartened ,
- dis-heartening ,
- dis-heartens ,
- dis-tract ,
- dis-tracts ,
- inter fere ,
- inter feres ,
- inter-fere ,
- inter-feres ,
- made uneasy ,
- makes uneasy ,
- making uneasy ,
- un nerve ,
- un nerved ,
- un nerves ,
- un nerving ,
- un-nerve ,
- un-nerves ,
- un-nerving .
- dis affect ,
- dis affected ,
- dis affecting ,
- dis affects ,
- dis illusion ,
- dis illusioned ,
- dis illusions ,
- dis-affect ,
- dis-affected ,
- dis-affecting ,
- dis-affects ,
- dis-illusion ,
- dis-illusioned ,
- dis-illusions ,
- made bitter ,
- made resentful ,
- makes bitter ,
- makes resentful ,
- making bitter ,
- making resentful .
- asked for it ,
- asking for it ,
- asks for it ,
- in cite ,
- in cites ,
- in-cite ,
- in-cited ,
- iring ,
- made blood boil ,
- made see red ,
- makes blood boil ,
- makes see red ,
- making blood boil ,
- making see red ,
- t off ,
- t offed ,
- t offing ,
- t offs ,
- t-offed ,
- t-offing ,
- t-offs ,
- toffed ,
- toffing .
- ex acerbate ,
- ex acerbated ,
- ex acerbates ,
- ex acerbating ,
- ex-acerbate ,
- ex-acerbated ,
- ex-acerbates ,
- ex-acerbating ,
- fan flames ,
- fanned flames ,
- fanned the flames ,
- fanning flames ,
- fanning the flames ,
- fans flames ,
- fans the flames ,
- fed fire ,
- fed the fire ,
- feed fire ,
- feeding fire ,
- feeding the fire ,
- feeds fire ,
- feeds the fire ,
- go from bad worse ,
- goes from bad to worse ,
- goes from bad worse ,
- going from bad to worse ,
- going from bad worse ,
- heating up ,
- hits on ,
- hitting on ,
- in crease ,
- in creases ,
- in creasing ,
- in-crease ,
- in-creased ,
- in-creases ,
- push one button ,
- push ones button ,
- pushed button ,
- pushed one button ,
- pushed one's button ,
- pushed ones button ,
- pushes button ,
- pushes one button ,
- pushes one's button ,
- pushes ones button ,
- pushing button ,
- pushing one button ,
- pushing one's button ,
- pushing ones button ,
- rattle cage ,
- rattle one cage ,
- rattle ones cage ,
- rattled cage ,
- rattled one cage ,
- rattled one's cage ,
- rattled ones cage ,
- rattles cage ,
- rattles one cage ,
- rattles one's cage ,
- rattles ones cage ,
- rattling cage ,
- rattling one cage ,
- rattling one's cage ,
- rattling ones cage ,
- rub salt a wound ,
- rub salt wound ,
- rubbed salt a wound ,
- rubbed salt in a wound ,
- rubbed salt in wound ,
- rubbed salt wound ,
- rubbing salt a wound ,
- rubbing salt in a wound ,
- rubbing salt in wound ,
- rubbing salt wound ,
- rubs salt a wound ,
- rubs salt in a wound ,
- rubs salt in wound ,
- rubs salt wound ,
- went from bad to worse ,
- went from bad worse .
- ex asperate ,
- ex asperated ,
- ex asperates ,
- ex asperating ,
- ex-asperate ,
- ex-asperated ,
- ex-asperates ,
- ex-asperating ,
- made waves ,
- making waves ,
- tried patience of ,
- tried the patience of ,
- tries patience of ,
- tries the patience of ,
- try patience of ,
- trying patience of ,
- trying the patience of .
- de light ,
- de lighted ,
- de lighting ,
- de lights ,
- de-light ,
- de-lighted ,
- de-lighting ,
- de-lights ,
- ex cite ,
- ex cited ,
- ex cites ,
- ex citing ,
- ex-cite ,
- ex-cited ,
- ex-cites ,
- ex-citing ,
- in duce ,
- in duces ,
- in-duce ,
- in-duces ,
- touched off ,
- touches off ,
- wakes up .
- dis countenance ,
- dis countenanced ,
- dis countenances ,
- dis countenancing ,
- dis-countenance ,
- dis-countenanced ,
- dis-countenances ,
- dis-countenancing .
- in form ,
- in forming ,
- in forms ,
- in spire ,
- in spired ,
- in spires ,
- in spiring ,
- in spirit ,
- in spirited ,
- in spiriting ,
- in-forming ,
- in-forms ,
- in-spire ,
- in-spired ,
- in-spires ,
- in-spiring ,
- in-spirit ,
- in-spirited ,
- in-spiriting ,
- in-spirits .
- get under one skin ,
- get under ones skin ,
- push one buttons ,
- push ones buttons ,
- pushed one buttons ,
- pushed one's buttons ,
- pushed ones buttons ,
- pushes one buttons ,
- pushes one's buttons ,
- pushes ones buttons ,
- pushing one buttons ,
- pushing one's buttons ,
- pushing ones buttons .
- be league ,
- be leagued ,
- be leagues ,
- be leaguing ,
- be-league ,
- be-leagued ,
- be-leagues ,
- be-leaguing ,
- beleagued ,
- beleagues ,
- beleaguing ,
- eating at ,
- prey mind ,
- prey on mind ,
- prey on one mind ,
- prey on ones mind ,
- prey one mind ,
- prey one's mind ,
- prey ones mind ,
- preyed mind ,
- preyed on mind ,
- preyed on one mind ,
- preyed on one's mind ,
- preyed on ones mind ,
- preyed one mind ,
- preyed one's mind ,
- preyed ones mind ,
- preying mind ,
- preying on mind ,
- preying on one mind ,
- preying on one's mind ,
- preying on ones mind ,
- preying one mind ,
- preying one's mind ,
- preying ones mind ,
- preys mind ,
- preys on mind ,
- preys on one mind ,
- preys on one's mind ,
- preys on ones mind ,
- preys one mind ,
- preys one's mind ,
- preys ones mind .
- be leaguer ,
- be leaguered ,
- be leaguering ,
- be leaguers ,
- be-leaguer ,
- be-leaguered ,
- be-leaguering ,
- be-leaguers ,
- de spoil ,
- de spoiled ,
- de spoiling ,
- de spoils ,
- de-spoil ,
- de-spoiled ,
- de-spoiling ,
- de-spoils ,
- gave a bad time ,
- gave bad time ,
- give bad time ,
- gives a bad time ,
- gives bad time ,
- giving a bad time ,
- giving bad time ,
- jerking around ,
- jerks around ,
- noodged ,
- noodging ,
- works on ,
- wrought on .
- chivies ,
- de predate ,
- de predated ,
- de predates ,
- de predating ,
- de-predate ,
- de-predated ,
- de-predates ,
- de-predating .
- gat a rise out of ,
- gat rise out of ,
- get rise out of ,
- gets a rise out of ,
- gets rise out of ,
- getting a rise out of ,
- getting rise out of ,
- got a rise out of ,
- got rise out of ,
- gotten a rise out of ,
- gotten rise out of ,
- in cense ,
- in censed ,
- in censes ,
- in censing ,
- in-cense ,
- in-censed ,
- in-censes ,
- in-censing .
- de base ,
- de based ,
- de basing ,
- de grade ,
- de graded ,
- de grades ,
- de grading ,
- de ride ,
- de rides ,
- de riding ,
- de-base ,
- de-based ,
- de-basing ,
- de-grade ,
- de-graded ,
- de-grades ,
- de-grading ,
- de-ride ,
- de-rides ,
- de-riding ,
- dis honor ,
- dis honored ,
- dis honoring ,
- dis honors ,
- dis-honor ,
- dis-honored ,
- dis-honoring ,
- dis-honors ,
- dumping on ,
- dumps on ,
- re vile ,
- re-vile ,
- step on one toes ,
- step on ones toes ,
- step on toes ,
- step one toes ,
- step one's toes ,
- step ones toes ,
- step toes ,
- stepped on one toes ,
- stepped on one's toes ,
- stepped on ones toes ,
- stepped on toes ,
- stepped one toes ,
- stepped one's toes ,
- stepped ones toes ,
- stepped toes ,
- stepping on one toes ,
- stepping on one's toes ,
- stepping on ones toes ,
- stepping on toes ,
- stepping one toes ,
- stepping one's toes ,
- stepping ones toes ,
- stepping toes ,
- steps on one toes ,
- steps on one's toes ,
- steps on ones toes ,
- steps on toes ,
- steps one toes ,
- steps one's toes ,
- steps ones toes ,
- steps toes ,
- under estimate ,
- under estimated ,
- under estimates ,
- under estimating ,
- under-estimate ,
- under-estimated ,
- under-estimating .
- dis accord ,
- dis accorded ,
- dis according ,
- dis accords ,
- dis agree ,
- dis agreed ,
- dis agreeing ,
- dis agrees ,
- dis cord ,
- dis corded ,
- dis cording ,
- dis cords ,
- dis-accord ,
- dis-accorded ,
- dis-according ,
- dis-accords ,
- dis-agree ,
- dis-agreed ,
- dis-agreeing ,
- dis-agrees ,
- dis-cord ,
- dis-corded ,
- dis-cording ,
- dis-cords ,
- mis match ,
- mis matched ,
- mis matches ,
- mis matching ,
- mis-match ,
- mis-matches ,
- mis-matching .
- de range ,
- de ranged ,
- de ranges ,
- de ranging ,
- de-range ,
- de-ranged ,
- de-ranges ,
- de-ranging ,
- drave crazy ,
- drave distraction ,
- drave insane ,
- drave out mind ,
- drave out of mind ,
- drave to distraction ,
- drive distraction ,
- drive out mind ,
- drives crazy ,
- drives distraction ,
- drives insane ,
- drives out mind ,
- drives out of mind ,
- drives to distraction ,
- driving crazy ,
- driving distraction ,
- driving insane ,
- driving out mind ,
- driving out of mind ,
- driving to distraction ,
- drove crazy ,
- drove distraction ,
- drove insane ,
- drove out mind ,
- drove out of mind ,
- un balance ,
- un balances ,
- un balancing ,
- un-balance ,
- un-balanced ,
- un-balances ,
- un-balancing .
- rub salt in to the wound ,
- rub salt in to wound ,
- rub salt into wound ,
- rubbed salt in to the wound ,
- rubbed salt in to wound ,
- rubbed salt into the wound ,
- rubbed salt into wound ,
- rubbing salt in to the wound ,
- rubbing salt in to wound ,
- rubbing salt into the wound ,
- rubbing salt into wound ,
- rubs salt in to the wound ,
- rubs salt in to wound ,
- rubs salt into the wound ,
- rubs salt into wound ,
- twist knife in the wound ,
- twist knife in wound ,
- twist knife the wound ,
- twist knife wound ,
- twist the knife in wound ,
- twist the knife the wound ,
- twist the knife wound ,
- twisted knife in the wound ,
- twisted knife in wound ,
- twisted knife the wound ,
- twisted knife wound ,
- twisted the knife in the wound ,
- twisted the knife in wound ,
- twisted the knife the wound ,
- twisted the knife wound ,
- twisting knife in the wound ,
- twisting knife in wound ,
- twisting knife the wound ,
- twisting knife wound ,
- twisting the knife in the wound ,
- twisting the knife in wound ,
- twisting the knife the wound ,
- twisting the knife wound ,
- twists knife in the wound ,
- twists knife in wound ,
- twists knife the wound ,
- twists knife wound ,
- twists the knife in the wound ,
- twists the knife in wound ,
- twists the knife the wound ,
- twists the knife wound .
- finding fault ,
- finds fault ,
- found fault ,
- takes it out on ,
- takes out on ,
- taking it out on ,
- taking out on ,
- took it out on ,
- took out on ,
- up braid ,
- up braided ,
- up braids ,
- up-braid ,
- up-braided ,
- up-braiding ,
- up-braids .
- am disagreeable ,
- are disagreeable ,
- art disagreeable ,
- being disagreeable ,
- is disagreeable ,
- re pulsed ,
- re pulses ,
- re pulsing ,
- re-pulsed ,
- re-pulses ,
- re-pulsing ,
- was disagreeable ,
- wast disagreeable ,
- were disagreeable ,
- wert disagreeable .
- ache ,
- afflict ,
- agonize ,
- anguish ,
- cramp ,
- crick ,
- discomfort ,
- hurt ,
- rack ,
- smart ,
- sore ,
- stitch ,
- suffer ,
- throb ,
- throe ,
- wrench .
- gat goat ,
- gat one goat ,
- gat one's goat ,
- gat ones goat ,
- get one goat ,
- get ones goat ,
- gets goat ,
- gets one goat ,
- gets ones goat ,
- getting goat ,
- getting one goat ,
- getting one's goat ,
- getting ones goat ,
- got goat ,
- got one goat ,
- got one's goat ,
- got ones goat ,
- gotten goat ,
- gotten one goat ,
- gotten one's goat ,
- gotten ones goat ,
- rub wrong way .
- dis arrange ,
- dis arranged ,
- dis arranges ,
- dis arranging ,
- dis order ,
- dis ordered ,
- dis ordering ,
- dis orders ,
- dis-arrange ,
- dis-arranged ,
- dis-arranges ,
- dis-arranging ,
- dis-order ,
- dis-ordered ,
- dis-ordering ,
- dis-orders ,
- made a scene ,
- made scene ,
- make scene ,
- makes a scene ,
- makes scene ,
- making a scene ,
- making scene .
- gave business ,
- gave the business ,
- give business ,
- gives business ,
- gives the business ,
- giving business ,
- giving the business .
- sets on ,
- setting on ,
- tried one patience ,
- tried one's patience ,
- tried ones patience ,
- tried patience ,
- tries one patience ,
- tries one's patience ,
- tries ones patience ,
- tries patience ,
- try one patience ,
- try ones patience ,
- try patience ,
- trying one patience ,
- trying one's patience ,
- trying ones patience ,
- trying patience ,
- work in to lather ,
- worked in to lather ,
- worked into lather ,
- working in to lather ,
- working into lather ,
- works in to lather ,
- works into lather ,
- wrought in to lather ,
- wrought into lather .
- rub one wrong way ,
- rubbed one the wrong way ,
- rubbed one wrong way ,
- rubbing one the wrong way ,
- rubbing one wrong way ,
- rubs one the wrong way ,
- rubs one wrong way .
- ennuiing ,
- goes stale ,
- going stale ,
- growing weary ,
- grows weary ,
- over burden ,
- over burdened ,
- over burdening ,
- over burdens ,
- over strain ,
- over strained ,
- over straining ,
- over strains ,
- over tax ,
- over taxed ,
- over taxes ,
- over taxing ,
- over worked ,
- over working ,
- over works ,
- over-burdened ,
- over-burdening ,
- over-burdens ,
- over-strain ,
- over-strained ,
- over-straining ,
- over-strains ,
- over-tax ,
- over-taxed ,
- over-taxes ,
- over-taxing ,
- over-worked ,
- over-works ,
- went stale .
- drave bananas ,
- drives bananas ,
- driving bananas ,
- drove bananas ,
- mis treat ,
- mis treated ,
- mis treating ,
- mis treats ,
- mis-treat ,
- mis-treated ,
- mis-treats ,
- play cat mouse ,
- played cat and mouse ,
- played cat mouse ,
- playing cat and mouse ,
- playing cat mouse ,
- plays cat and mouse ,
- plays cat mouse ,
- puts through wringer ,
- putting through wringer .
- imposed on ,
- imposes on ,
- imposing on ,
- made a fuss ,
- made fuss ,
- make fuss ,
- makes a fuss ,
- makes fuss ,
- making a fuss ,
- making fuss .
- dis enchant ,
- dis enchanted ,
- dis enchanting ,
- dis enchants ,
- dis interest ,
- dis interested ,
- dis interesting ,
- dis interests ,
- dis-enchant ,
- dis-enchanted ,
- dis-enchanting ,
- dis-enchants ,
- dis-interest ,
- dis-interested ,
- dis-interesting ,
- dis-interests ,
- lose one interest ,
- lose ones interest ,
- loses interest ,
- loses one interest ,
- loses one's interest ,
- loses ones interest ,
- losing interest ,
- losing one interest ,
- losing one's interest ,
- losing ones interest ,
- lost interest ,
- lost one interest ,
- lost one's interest ,
- lost ones interest ,
- made one sick ,
- made sick ,
- makes one sick ,
- makes sick ,
- making one sick ,
- making sick .
- gat hair ,
- gat in hair ,
- gat in one hair ,
- gat in one's hair ,
- gat in ones hair ,
- gat one hair ,
- gat one's hair ,
- gat ones hair ,
- get hair ,
- get in one hair ,
- get in ones hair ,
- get one hair ,
- get one's hair ,
- get ones hair ,
- gets hair ,
- gets in hair ,
- gets in one hair ,
- gets in one's hair ,
- gets in ones hair ,
- gets one hair ,
- gets one's hair ,
- gets ones hair ,
- getting hair ,
- getting in hair ,
- getting in one hair ,
- getting in one's hair ,
- getting in ones hair ,
- getting one hair ,
- getting one's hair ,
- getting ones hair ,
- got hair ,
- got in hair ,
- got in one hair ,
- got in one's hair ,
- got in ones hair ,
- got one hair ,
- got one's hair ,
- got ones hair ,
- gotten hair ,
- gotten in hair ,
- gotten in one hair ,
- gotten in one's hair ,
- gotten in ones hair ,
- gotten one hair ,
- gotten one's hair ,
- gotten ones hair .
- bit nails ,
- bit one nails ,
- bit one's nails ,
- bit ones nails ,
- bite one nails ,
- bite ones nails ,
- bites nails ,
- bites one nails ,
- bites one's nails ,
- bites ones nails ,
- biting one nails ,
- biting ones nails ,
- concerned oneself ,
- concerning oneself ,
- concerns oneself ,
- feeling uneasy ,
- feels uneasy ,
- felt uneasy ,
- gnawed at ,
- gnawing at ,
- gnaws at ,
- had qualms ,
- haddest qualms ,
- hadst qualms ,
- has qualms ,
- hast qualms ,
- hath qualms ,
- having qualms ,
- sweated out ,
- sweats out .
Other synonyms:
- push .
- drive .
- burn .
Other relevant words:
- Boning ,
- Chivied ,
- Chivying ,
- Contusing ,
- Deviled ,
- Deviling ,
- Devilled ,
- Devilling ,
- Egged ,
- Egging ,
- FAGS ,
- Fagging ,
- Fretting ,
- Fussed ,
- Fussing ,
- Harassing ,
- Henpeck ,
- IRED ,
- Impassion ,
- Jounced ,
- Madded ,
- Mads ,
- Martyred ,
- Martyring ,
- Nettles ,
- Overstrained ,
- Overstraining ,
- PSYCH ,
- Pothered ,
- Pothering ,
- Racked ,
- Roweled ,
- Roweling ,
- Rowelled ,
- Rowelling ,
- SICS ,
- Sanded ,
- Sanding ,
- Sneered ,
- Struggled ,
- Tiffed ,
- Tiffing ,
- aggravate ,
- anger ,
- antagonize ,
- ask for it ,
- be disagreeable ,
- be on one's case ,
- be set ,
- bedevil ,
- blistered ,
- boil over ,
- boiling over ,
- boned ,
- bore ,
- bother ,
- bug ,
- burn up ,
- burned up ,
- burning up ,
- bushing ,
- carp at ,
- chafe ,
- chagrin ,
- chivy ,
- contuse ,
- contused ,
- contuses ,
- discompose ,
- discorded ,
- discording ,
- displease ,
- distress ,
- disturb ,
- do a number on ,
- do number on ,
- drive bananas ,
- dump on ,
- dumped on ,
- eat ,
- eaten ,
- eating ,
- ennuied ,
- enrage ,
- enraged ,
- enthuse ,
- enthuses ,
- enthusing ,
- exacerbate ,
- exasperate ,
- excite ,
- exhort ,
- fag ,
- fagged ,
- fan the flames ,
- faze ,
- feed the fire ,
- find fault ,
- fire ,
- fire up ,
- fires up ,
- flip out ,
- forayed ,
- foraying ,
- fret ,
- get a rise out of ,
- get goat ,
- get in hair ,
- get in one's hair ,
- get mad ,
- get on nerves ,
- get on someone ,
- get one's goat ,
- get someone ,
- get under one's skin ,
- get under skin ,
- gets one's goat ,
- give a bad time ,
- give out ,
- give the business ,
- gnaw ,
- go from bad to worse ,
- go stale ,
- goad ,
- goose ,
- goosed ,
- gooses ,
- goosing ,
- grate on ,
- grew weary ,
- grieve ,
- gripe ,
- grow weary ,
- harass ,
- harassed ,
- harry ,
- heat up ,
- heated up ,
- heats up ,
- heckle ,
- heckling ,
- hector ,
- henpecked ,
- hinders ,
- hit on ,
- impeded ,
- impose on ,
- in flames ,
- in spirits ,
- incense ,
- inflame ,
- infuriate ,
- insult ,
- intoxicate ,
- intoxicates ,
- intrude upon ,
- irk ,
- itch ,
- jar ,
- jarring ,
- jerk around ,
- jerked around ,
- jouncing ,
- key up ,
- keyed up ,
- laid waste ,
- lay waste ,
- laying waste ,
- lays waste ,
- lose temper ,
- madden ,
- make a fuss ,
- make a scene ,
- make blood boil ,
- make it tough for ,
- make see red ,
- make sore ,
- make uneasy ,
- make waves ,
- make worse ,
- makes waves ,
- martyrize ,
- martyrized ,
- martyrizes ,
- martyrizing ,
- mismatched ,
- mismatching ,
- molest ,
- mystify ,
- nag ,
- needle ,
- nettle ,
- neutralize ,
- nit-pick ,
- nit-picking ,
- nitpick ,
- noodge ,
- noodges ,
- offend ,
- open up ,
- opened up ,
- opening up ,
- over-burden ,
- over-wrought ,
- overburdened ,
- overstrain ,
- overstrains ,
- overtax ,
- overtaxed ,
- overtaxes ,
- overtaxing ,
- pain ,
- peeve ,
- perturb ,
- pique ,
- play cat and mouse ,
- plundered ,
- pother ,
- prickled ,
- prickling ,
- provoke ,
- psyching ,
- psychs ,
- push one's button ,
- push one's buttons ,
- put through wringer ,
- put to ,
- put up to ,
- raise hell ,
- raising hell ,
- rasp ,
- rattle one's cage ,
- ridden ,
- rile ,
- rowel ,
- rowels ,
- rub one the wrong way ,
- rub salt in a wound ,
- rub salt in wound ,
- rub salt into the wound ,
- sand ,
- sands ,
- scrape ,
- set on ,
- sic ,
- sicced ,
- sicked ,
- sicking ,
- spite ,
- steam up ,
- steamed up ,
- steaming up ,
- step on one's toes ,
- stew ,
- stir up ,
- stirred up ,
- stirring up ,
- stirs up ,
- take it out on ,
- take out on ,
- tick off ,
- ticked off ,
- tire ,
- toff ,
- toffs ,
- torment ,
- torture ,
- torturing ,
- tremored ,
- tremoring ,
- trigger ,
- triggering ,
- triggers ,
- trouble ,
- troubled ,
- troubling ,
- try ,
- try one's patience ,
- try the patience of ,
- turn off ,
- twist the knife in the wound ,
- under-estimates ,
- up set ,
- vex ,
- wiggle ,
- wobble ,
- work against ,
- work into lather ,
- work on ,
- work up ,
- worked on ,
- working on ,
- worry ,
- wound ,
- wounded .
- Bummed ,
- Bumming ,
- Hacked ,
- Hacking ,
- be at ,
- be on the back of ,
- drive up the wall ,
- get on one's nerves ,
- get to ,
- gets to ,
- getting to ,
- give a hard time ,
- got to ,
- grate ,
- irritates ,
- pick on ,
- wigged ,
- wigging .
- be tedious ,
- bend one's ear ,
- exhaust ,
- put to sleep ,
- puts to sleep ,
- putting to sleep ,
- send to sleep ,
- sent to sleep ,
- talk one's ear off ,
- turn one off .
- drive crazy ,
- drive insane ,
- drive out of mind ,
- drive to distraction ,
- drove to distraction ,
- frenzying ,
- unbalancing .
- COD ,
- Discomfiting ,
- Enchafe ,
- Endamage ,
- Gride ,
- Importune ,
- Irksome ,
- Suscitate ,
- ablaze ,
- accelerate ,
- access ,
- acquire ,
- affront ,
- agent provocateur ,
- aggravating ,
- aggravation ,
- agitate ,
- agitation ,
- agonise ,
- ail ,
- aim ,
- alienate ,
- allergen ,
- allergic ,
- allergy ,
- amaze ,
- amplify ,
- anaphylaxis ,
- animation ,
- annoying ,
- annoyingly ,
- antigen ,
- arrest ,
- arrive ,
- augment ,
- baffle ,
- barrack ,
- bawl out ,
- beat ,
- become ,
- beget ,
- begin ,
- beleaguer ,
- berate ,
- beset ,
- besot ,
- bewilder ,
- bite ,
- blistering ,
- bothersome ,
- breach ,
- break ,
- bring ,
- bring forth ,
- bristle ,
- brown off ,
- bugger off ,
- build up ,
- bully ,
- burden ,
- buzz off ,
- can ,
- capture ,
- carp ,
- catch ,
- cavil ,
- chaff ,
- chafing ,
- cheese off ,
- chevy ,
- chew out ,
- chew up ,
- chide ,
- chivvvy ,
- chivvy ,
- come ,
- come between ,
- commence ,
- commotion ,
- commove ,
- concern ,
- concern oneself ,
- confuse ,
- contract ,
- convey ,
- convulse ,
- criticize ,
- crock ,
- crucify ,
- cut ,
- damage ,
- deepen ,
- default ,
- defensive ,
- derange ,
- destroy ,
- deteriorate ,
- develop ,
- devil ,
- difficult ,
- dilapidate ,
- disaffect ,
- discomfit ,
- discommode ,
- disconcert ,
- disconcerting ,
- discontent ,
- discourage ,
- disoblige ,
- disquiet ,
- disrupt ,
- dissatisfy ,
- distemper ,
- disunite ,
- divide ,
- dog ,
- dominate ,
- draw ,
- dress down ,
- drive mad ,
- dumbfound ,
- dun ,
- e ,
- embarrass ,
- emotion ,
- emotional ,
- encouragement ,
- engender ,
- enhance ,
- enlarge ,
- enthusiastic ,
- erupt ,
- estrange ,
- exacerbation ,
- exasperatingly ,
- exasperation ,
- excitation ,
- excited ,
- excitement ,
- excoriate ,
- excruciate ,
- exercise ,
- experience ,
- fan the flame ,
- father ,
- feelings ,
- ferocity ,
- fester ,
- fetch ,
- fillip ,
- find ,
- find fault with ,
- fix ,
- flummox ,
- fluster ,
- force ,
- frantic ,
- fray ,
- fretted ,
- frost ,
- frustrate ,
- frustrating ,
- fuddle ,
- fume ,
- fury ,
- generate ,
- get ,
- get at ,
- get excited ,
- getting ,
- give offense ,
- give pain ,
- give the needle ,
- give umbrage ,
- go ,
- gravel ,
- grit ,
- grow ,
- guy ,
- hack ,
- harm ,
- harried ,
- harrow ,
- haunt ,
- have ,
- have words ,
- heated ,
- heighten ,
- hoarse ,
- horrify ,
- hot up ,
- hound ,
- huff ,
- humiliate ,
- hurt feelings ,
- hype ,
- hypersensitive ,
- hypoallergenic ,
- impair ,
- import ,
- incentive ,
- incitation ,
- incite ,
- incommode ,
- inconvenience ,
- inconvenience oneself ,
- increase ,
- incur ,
- induce ,
- infuriating ,
- injure ,
- intensify ,
- interfere ,
- interrupt ,
- intimidate ,
- intolerance ,
- intolerant ,
- intrude ,
- ire ,
- irritating ,
- irritatingly ,
- irritation ,
- jade ,
- jangle ,
- jaw ,
- jeer ,
- kindle ,
- lacerate ,
- lambast ,
- lambaste ,
- lash ,
- lecture ,
- let ,
- maddening ,
- maddeningly ,
- magnify ,
- make ,
- make acute ,
- make nervous ,
- make trouble ,
- martyr ,
- may ,
- mock ,
- mortify ,
- motivation ,
- nag at ,
- nark ,
- nerve ,
- niggle ,
- nip ,
- nonplus ,
- nudge ,
- obtain ,
- oppress ,
- overthrow ,
- pall ,
- pall upon ,
- passionate ,
- pay back ,
- pay off ,
- perplex ,
- pick ,
- pick at ,
- pickup ,
- pierce ,
- pinch ,
- piss ,
- pit against ,
- plaster ,
- pose ,
- prick ,
- prod ,
- produce ,
- progress to ,
- prolong the agony ,
- provocation ,
- push on ,
- put ,
- put back ,
- put out ,
- puzzle ,
- quibble ,
- quicken ,
- rag ,
- rage ,
- ragged ,
- raise hackles ,
- rally ,
- razz ,
- reach ,
- rebuke ,
- receive ,
- redden ,
- remonstrate ,
- reprimand ,
- reproof ,
- resentment ,
- rib ,
- ride ,
- roil ,
- rouse ,
- rub the wrong way ,
- scold ,
- scratch ,
- seedy ,
- seethe ,
- sensitize ,
- separate ,
- set about ,
- set against ,
- set at odds ,
- set on edge ,
- set out ,
- set up ,
- sharpen ,
- sicken ,
- slight ,
- slosh ,
- smash ,
- snub ,
- soak ,
- sour ,
- souse ,
- sow dissension ,
- spine ,
- spur ,
- stab ,
- start ,
- start out ,
- steam ,
- stick ,
- stimulate ,
- stimulation ,
- stimulus ,
- stir up trouble ,
- strain ,
- stupefy ,
- sustain ,
- swell ,
- take ,
- take aback ,
- tantalise ,
- tantalize ,
- taunt ,
- tax ,
- tedious ,
- teeoff ,
- terrorize ,
- thorn ,
- tickle ,
- transgress ,
- trouble oneself ,
- trounce ,
- tweak ,
- twist ,
- twit ,
- tyrannize ,
- undergo ,
- unsettle ,
- upbraid ,
- urge ,
- urticate ,
- wall ,
- weaken ,
- weary ,
- wig ,
- wind-up ,
- worsen ,
- wrath ,
- wring .
- Disinteresting ,
- disenchant ,
- disenchanting ,
- disenchants ,
- lose interest ,
- lose one's interest ,
- make one sick ,
- make sick .
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How to use "Irritate" in context?
Something that irritates someone is something that makes them feel upset, angry, or frustrated. It can be anything from a rude person to an uncomfortable circumstance. Generally, irritations build up until someone describes them as an annoyance. Irritation can often be a sign of something more serious, like a mental disorder.
Paraphrases for Irritate:
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Equivalence
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Verb, base form
annoy.
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Verb, base form
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Independent
Hyponym for Irritate:
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exacerbate, aggravate, exasperate, worsen.
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Word of the Day
without fear or favour
- Synonyms:
- even-handed.
