- Types Of Speech
- You can use irritate as a verb in a sentence.
- About Irritate
- A 3 syllables verb and 8 letters with the letters a, e, i, r, and t, 4 consonants, 4 vowels and 3 syllables with the middle letters it. Irritate starts with and ends with a vowel with the starting letters i, ir, irr, irri, irrit, and the ending characters are e, te, ate, tate, itate, . Irritate is also a double consonant (rr) word. View the double consonant words list.
- Definition
- Excite to an abnormal condition, of chafe or inflame; "Aspirin irritates my stomach"
- Origin/Roots
- Latin
- School Grade
- Irritate is set as a sat word that starts with i, ends with e, 3 syllables, 4 vowels and 8 letters.
- Pig Latin
- Irritate in Pig Latin is said as "irritateay or irritateway".
- Unigram
- i | r | r | i | t | a | t | e
- Bigram
- ir | rr | ri | it | ta | at | te
- Trigram
- irr | rri | rit | ita | tat | ate
- Quadrigram
- irri | rrit | rita | itat | tate
- Word Gram
- Verb Examples
- excite to an abnormal condition, of chafe or inflame;
"Aspirin irritates my stomach" - excite to some characteristic action or condition, such as motion, contraction, or nervous impulse, by the application of a stimulus;
"irritate the glands of a leaf" - cause annoyance in;
disturb, especially by minor irritations;
"Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me";
"It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abrade | strike against an object "She stubbed her one''s toe in the dark and now it''s broken" |
| Acerbate | make sour or bitter |
| Acidity | the property of being acidic |
| Afflict | cause bodily suffering to |
| Affray | a noisy fight |
| Affront | a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of an affront "turning his back on me was a deliberate insult" |
| Agent Provocateur | |
| Aggravate | make worse "This drug aggravates the pain" |
| Agonise | suffer agony or anguish |
| Agonize | suffer agony or anguish |
View all cognitive synonyms for Irritate
| Antonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Soothe | cause to feel better "the medicine soothes the pain of the inflammation" |
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Irritate | excite to an abnormal condition, of chafe or inflame "Aspirin irritates my stomach" |
View English words with the unique letters used in irritate. Words With The Letters Aeirt
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Discomfort | an uncomfortable feeling in some part of the body |
| Irritation | the act of troubling or annoying someone |
| Soreness | an uncomfortable feeling in some part of the body |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Aggravate | make worse "This drug aggravates the pain" |
| Exacerbate | make worse "This drug aggravates the pain" |
| Exasperate | make worse "This drug aggravates the pain" |
| Worsen | grow worse "Conditions in the slum worsened" |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Chafe | anger produced by some annoying irritation |
| Fret | a small bar of metal across the fingerboard of a musical instrument; when the string is stopped by a finger at the metal bar it will produce a note of the desired pitch |
| Gall | the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties |
| Itch | an irritating cutaneous sensation that produces a desire to scratch |
| Rub | the act of rubbing or wiping; "he gave the hood a quick rub" |
| Scratch | an indication of damage |
Irritate Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With I
- Ends With E
- Spelled With / Contains Letters
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