What is another word for irritate?
Pronunciation:
[ ˈɪɹɪtˌe͡ɪt], [ ˈɪɹɪtˌeɪt], [ ˈɪ_ɹ_ɪ_t_ˌeɪ_t]
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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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- Synonyms:
- even-handed.