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irritation — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • annoyance noun A feeling of mild irritation, or the thing that causes it.
  • irritation noun A feeling of annoyance or slight anger.
  • peeve noun An annoyance or grievance.

Senses

irritation is used for these senses in English:

  • irritation A condition of morbid excitability or oversensitiveness of an organ or part of the body; a state in which the application of ordinary stimuli produces pain or excessive or vitiated action.
  • peeve (colloquial) An annoyance or grievance.
  • tetchily In an annoyed or irritated manner.

irritation — full definition

  1. noun A feeling of annoyance or slight anger.
  2. noun Soreness, redness, or inflammation of the skin or another body part.

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