"irritate" | Definition and Related Words

Verb

is a type of: displease - give displeasure to
subtypes:
- get, get under one's skin - irritate
- eat into, fret, grate, rankle - gnaw into; make resentful or angry
- peeve - cause to be annoyed, irritated, or resentful
- ruffle - trouble or vex
- fret - cause annoyance in
- beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, hassle, molest, plague, provoke - annoy continually or chronically
- antagonise, antagonize - provoke the hostility of
same as: annoy, bother, chafe, devil, get at, get to, gravel, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex

verb group: chafe - feel extreme irritation or anger
is a type of: aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate, worsen - make worse
subtypes:
- chafe, fret, gall - become or make sore by or as if by rubbing
- itch, rub, scratch - scrape or rub as if to relieve itching
referred to in: physiology - the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms

is a type of: excite, stimulate - act as a stimulant

subtypes: pinch, vellicate - irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear