Definition for Irritate:

• To make morbidly excitable, or oversensitive; to fret; as, the skin is irritated by friction; to irritate a wound by a coarse bandage.

Synonyms for Irritate:

• n.

  •
  • burn,
  • intolerant,
  • intolerance,
  • hypersensitive,
  • swell,
  • allergic,
  • allergy,
  • hypoallergenic,
  • redden,
  • antigen,
  • erupt,
  • anaphylaxis,
  • allergen.
  •
  • feelings.
  •irritate (noun)
  • gravel,
  • get at,
  • nark,
  • rag.

• v.

  •aggravate (verb)
  • envenom,
  • rankle,
  • bait,
  • arouse,
  • pester,
  • upset,
  • badger.
  •chafe (verb)
  • resist,
  • rub,
  • wear,
  • abrade,
  • scrub,
  • grind.
  •displease (verb)
  • disgust,
  • repel,
  • shock,
  • aggrieve,
  • scandalize,
  • disappoint.
  •hurt, chafe (verb)
  • sensitize,
  • intensify,
  • sharpen,
  • sting.
  •irritate (verb)
  • annoy,
  • acerbate,
  • hassle,
  • tease.
  •pain (verb)
  • discomfort,
  • cramp,
  • anguish,
  • suffer,
  • throb,
  • wrench,
  • sore,
  • afflict,
  • smart,
  • throe,
  • stitch,
  • rack,
  • agonize,
  • hurt,
  • ache,
  • crick.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • wear on,
  • persecute.
  •
  • rattle,
  • outrage.
  •
  • stir,
  • ruffle.
  •
  • push.
  •
  • drive.
  •aggravate
  • pick on,
  • drive up the wall,
  • get on one's nerves,
  • get to,
  • grate.
  •disappoint
  • disgruntle.
  •displease
  • cut to the quick.
  •embitter
  • embitter.
  •exasperate
  • nerves.
  •excite
  • foment.
  •gall
  • galling,
  • gall.
  •madden
  • drive insane,
  • drive crazy.
  •miff
  • miff.
  •Other relevant words:
  • hack,
  • bewilder,
  • dog,
  • start,
  • put back,
  • worsen,
  • aim,
  • passionate,
  • twit,
  • humiliate,
  • embarrass,
  • e,
  • hoarse,
  • taunt,
  • dress down,
  • tax,
  • discourage,
  • Irksome,
  • discontent,
  • commence,
  • piss,
  • fetch,
  • urge,
  • amplify,
  • chivvy,
  • bully,
  • infuriating,
  • beleaguer,
  • progress to,
  • intimidate,
  • Suscitate,
  • seedy,
  • excoriate,
  • sustain,
  • import,
  • concern oneself,
  • bite,
  • enlarge,
  • lambaste,
  • Enchafe,
  • take,
  • disrupt,
  • remonstrate,
  • razz,
  • disaffect,
  • stupefy,
  • drive mad,
  • catch,
  • pick,
  • incommode,
  • fuddle,
  • bring forth,
  • wall,
  • pick at,
  • force,
  • deepen,
  • fretted,
  • disunite,
  • provocation,
  • build up,
  • annoyingly,
  • lash,
  • beset,
  • chevy,
  • enhance,
  • impair,
  • augment,
  • reproof,
  • make,
  • slight,
  • find fault with,
  • hound,
  • ablaze,
  • cut,
  • stimulus,
  • draw,
  • heated,
  • disconcerting,
  • kindle,
  • get excited,
  • blistering,
  • teeoff,
  • injure,
  • unsettle,
  • hot up,
  • rib,
  • harrow,
  • trounce,
  • exasperation,
  • receive,
  • come,
  • grit,
  • bugger off,
  • spine,
  • aggravating,
  • ire,
  • quicken,
  • thorn,
  • excited,
  • deteriorate,
  • ride,
  • dissatisfy,
  • nudge,
  • develop,
  • berate,
  • enthusiastic,
  • flummox,
  • pinch,
  • pay off,
  • find,
  • can,
  • emotional,
  • buzz off,
  • dumbfound,
  • maddening,
  • jeer,
  • crock,
  • interfere,
  • incitation,
  • intrude,
  • baffle,
  • agitation,
  • animation,
  • steam,
  • niggle,
  • annoying,
  • get,
  • cavil,
  • let,
  • COD,
  • fillip,
  • give the needle,
  • Endamage,
  • separate,
  • souse,
  • bothersome,
  • arrest,
  • obtain,
  • disconcert,
  • reprimand,
  • begin,
  • tantalise,
  • produce,
  • wig,
  • nerve,
  • chew up,
  • mock,
  • fume,
  • stimulation,
  • bristle,
  • harm,
  • default,
  • exacerbation,
  • beget,
  • sow dissension,
  • father,
  • harried,
  • damage,
  • put,
  • ferocity,
  • access,
  • come between,
  • oppress,
  • guy,
  • pickup,
  • devil,
  • hurt feelings,
  • frantic,
  • rouse,
  • slosh,
  • spur,
  • pose,
  • weary,
  • pit against,
  • rub the wrong way,
  • give pain,
  • push on,
  • snub,
  • take aback,
  • chide,
  • fury,
  • tyrannize,
  • puzzle,
  • fray,
  • horrify,
  • rage,
  • wring,
  • chafing,
  • nag at,
  • alienate,
  • disquiet,
  • lecture,
  • give offense,
  • set about,
  • stick,
  • beat,
  • nip,
  • brown off,
  • prod,
  • maddeningly,
  • exercise,
  • lambast,
  • stimulate,
  • accelerate,
  • breach,
  • contract,
  • Importune,
  • irritation,
  • tantalize,
  • estrange,
  • upbraid,
  • difficult,
  • perplex,
  • grow,
  • reach,
  • terrorize,
  • overthrow,
  • ragged,
  • distemper,
  • experience,
  • lacerate,
  • Discomfiting,
  • fluster,
  • fester,
  • commotion,
  • haunt,
  • weaken,
  • cheese off,
  • inconvenience,
  • emotion,
  • trouble oneself,
  • encouragement,
  • set out,
  • jade,
  • stab,
  • frustrate,
  • fix,
  • transgress,
  • scold,
  • destroy,
  • set at odds,
  • induce,
  • huff,
  • bawl out,
  • tweak,
  • criticize,
  • start out,
  • twist,
  • inconvenience oneself,
  • aggravation,
  • may,
  • acquire,
  • tickle,
  • besot,
  • capture,
  • quibble,
  • break,
  • sicken,
  • chaff,
  • make nervous,
  • agitate,
  • burden,
  • generate,
  • divide,
  • agonise,
  • interrupt,
  • undergo,
  • irritating,
  • put out,
  • strain,
  • pall,
  • dilapidate,
  • wind-up,
  • heighten,
  • rally,
  • crucify,
  • urticate,
  • discomfit,
  • irritatingly,
  • affront,
  • derange,
  • bring,
  • convey,
  • carp,
  • fan the flame,
  • resentment,
  • ail,
  • incite,
  • mortify,
  • incentive,
  • set on edge,
  • jaw,
  • hype,
  • smash,
  • convulse,
  • pierce,
  • stir up trouble,
  • agent provocateur,
  • nonplus,
  • disoblige,
  • dominate,
  • plaster,
  • exasperatingly,
  • barrack,
  • magnify,
  • amaze,
  • incur,
  • have words,
  • confuse,
  • set up,
  • set against,
  • pay back,
  • dun,
  • jangle,
  • excitement,
  • Gride,
  • frost,
  • make acute,
  • frustrating,
  • concern,
  • discommode,
  • seethe,
  • make trouble,
  • become,
  • arrive,
  • excitation,
  • engender,
  • defensive,
  • go,
  • increase,
  • prick,
  • chew out,
  • motivation,
  • tedious,
  • wrath,
  • rebuke,
  • scratch,
  • commove,
  • getting,
  • sour,
  • martyr,
  • roil,
  • prolong the agony,
  • excruciate,
  • have,
  • soak.

Paraphrases for Irritate:

• Equivalence

  • Verb, base form
    annoy.

• Independent

  • Verb, base form
    stimulate, upset, provoke, spur, aggravate, boost.

Antonyms for Irritate:

• v.

  • body
    soothe.
  • upset, anger
    calm, aid, appease, please, assuage, help, order, mollify, placate, organize, alleviate, make happy, assist, encourage, pacify.
  • Other antonyms:
    delight, content, reassure, solace, honor, quiet, cheer, comfort, oblige, console.

Hypernym for Irritate:

• v.

  • body
    gall, itch, scratch, chafe, rub, fret.
  • change
    vellicate, pinch.

Hyponym for Irritate:

• v.

  • body
    exacerbate, aggravate, exasperate, worsen.
  • change
    stimulate, excite.