irritated
adjective
[ ˈɪrɪteɪtɪd ]
• showing or feeling slight anger; annoyed.
• "the irritated look on Alec's face"
irritate
verb
• make (someone) annoyed or a little angry.
• "his tone irritated her"
Similar:
annoy,
vex,
make angry,
make cross,
anger,
exasperate,
bother,
irk,
gall,
pique,
put out,
displease,
get/put someone's back up,
antagonize,
get on someone's nerves,
rub up the wrong way,
try someone's patience,
ruffle,
ruffle someone's feathers,
make someone's hackles rise,
raise someone's hackles,
enrage,
infuriate,
madden,
incense,
make someone's blood boil,
drive to distraction,
goad,
provoke,
aggravate,
peeve,
hassle,
miff,
rile,
nettle,
needle,
get,
get to,
bug,
hack off,
get under someone's skin,
get in someone's hair,
get someone's goat,
rattle someone's cage,
get someone's dander up,
drive mad/crazy,
drive round the bend,
drive up the wall,
drive bananas,
make someone see red,
wind up,
nark,
get across,
get on someone's wick,
drive round the twist,
get up someone's nose,
give someone the hump,
tee off,
tick off,
burn up,
rankle,
ride,
gravel,
bum out,
get on someone's tits,
rark,
give someone the pip,
exacerbate,
hump,
rasp,
annoyed,
cross,
angry,
vexed,
exasperated,
irked,
piqued,
displeased,
fed up,
disgruntled,
in a bad mood,
in a temper,
testy,
in high dudgeon,
huffy,
in a huff,
resentful,
aggrieved,
furious,
irate,
infuriated,
incensed,
enraged,
wrathful,
choleric,
aggravated,
peeved,
nettled,
miffed,
miffy,
• cause inflammation or other discomfort in (a part of the body).
• "sprays and polishes can irritate dry, sensitive skin"
Similar:
inflame,
aggravate,
hurt,
pain,
chafe,
abrade,
fret,
gall,
rub painfully,
rub against,
scratch,
rasp,
scrape,
graze,
grate,
excoriate,
Origin:
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘excite, provoke’): from Latin irritat- ‘irritated’, from the verb irritare .
