irritare — meaning in English

English meaning

• annoy verb To bother or irritate someone, especially through repeated small actions.
• enrage verb To grow very angry or out of control.
• irk verb To annoy, vex or trouble someone.
• irritate verb To annoy or make someone impatient or angry.

Senses

irritare is used for these senses in English:

• annoy (transitive) To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to bother with unpleasant deeds.
• annoy (intransitive) To do something to upset or anger someone; to be troublesome.
• enrage (transitive) To fill with rage; to outrage; to provoke to frenzy; to make furious.
• get one's knickers in a twist (idiomatic, Britain, Ireland, humorous, informal, ) To become overwrought or unnecessarily upset over a trivial matter.
• irk (transitive) to irritate; annoy; bother
• irritate (intransitive) To cause or induce displeasure or irritation.
• rub someone the wrong way (idiomatic, transitive) To bother, disturb, irritate, or annoy.

enrage — full definition

1. verb To grow very angry or out of control.
2. verb To make someone extremely angry.
3. verb To drive someone to the point of madness.

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