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irritieren — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bemuse verb To make someone feel puzzled or confused.
  • chafe noun Warmth produced by rubbing against something.
  • fret verb To worry or feel anxious about something.
  • irritate verb To annoy or make someone impatient or angry.
  • mystify verb To make someone feel completely puzzled and unable to understand something.
  • vex verb To annoy or irritate someone.

Senses

irritieren is used for these senses in English:

  • bemuse (transitive) To confuse or bewilder.
  • chafe (transitive, figurative) To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.
  • chafe (intransitive, figurative) To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated.
  • fret (ambitransitive) To be chafed or irritated; to be angry or vexed; to utter peevish expressions through irritation or worry.
  • irritate (intransitive) To cause or induce displeasure or irritation.
  • mystify (transitive) To thoroughly confuse, befuddle, or bewilder.
  • vex (transitive) To cause (mental) suffering to; to distress.

bemuse — full definition

  1. verb To make someone feel puzzled or confused.
  2. verb To find something funny, often in a mocking way.
  3. verb To dedicate something to the Muses, the goddesses of the arts.
  4. verb To make someone drunk.

chafe — full definition

  1. noun Warmth produced by rubbing against something.
  2. noun Soreness or wear brought about by rubbing.
  3. noun A feeling of annoyance or anger.
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