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Irritated

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Adjective

1. annoyed, irritated, miffed, nettled, peeved, pissed, pissed off, riled, roiled, steamed, stung

aroused to impatience or anger

Example Sentences:
'made an irritated gesture'
'feeling nettled from the constant teasing'
'peeved about being left out'
'felt really pissed at her snootiness'
'riled no end by his lies'
'roiled by the delay'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Irritated

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adjective
1. 
annoyed or angered
Perhaps they were irritated by the sound of crying.
Not surprisingly, her teacher is getting irritated with her.
2. 
(of a bodily organ or part) excessively stimulated, resulting in inflammation, tenderness, etc

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Irritated

see synonyms of irritated
v. ir·ri·tat·ed, ir·ri·tat·ing, ir·ri·tates
v.tr.
1. To cause (someone) to feel impatient or angry; annoy: a loud, bossy voice that irritates listeners. See Synonyms at annoy.
2. To make sore or inflamed: The smoke irritated my eyes.
3. Physiology To cause a physiological response to a stimulus in (a cell, body tissue, or organism).
v.intr.
To be a cause of impatience or anger.

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