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Irritation — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • irritation noun A feeling of annoyance or slight anger.
  • vexation noun The action of vexing, annoying, or irritating someone or something; (countable) an instance of this.

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.
  • vexation (uncountable) The action of vexing, annoying, or irritating someone or something; (countable) an instance of this.
  • vexation (uncountable) The state of being vexed, annoyed, or irritated; annoyance, irritation; also, disappointment, discontentment, unhappiness; (countable) an instance of this.

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.

vexation — full definition

  1. noun The action of vexing, annoying, or irritating someone or something; (countable) an instance of this.
  2. noun The action of physically annoying or irritating a person or an animal; (countable) an instance of this; also, a physical discomfort or disorder.
  3. noun The action of vexing or annoying someone by bringing unjustified legal proceedings against them; (countable) an instance of this.
  4. noun The state of being vexed, annoyed, or irritated; annoyance, irritation; also, disappointment, discontentment, unhappiness; (countable) an instance of this.

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