Irritate

v. t.	1.	To render null and void.
	1.	[imp. & p. p. Irritated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Irritating .]
	1.	To increase the action or violence of; to heighten excitement in; to intensify; to stimulate. Cold maketh the spirits vigorous and irritateth them. - Bacon.
	2.	To excite anger or displeasure in; to provoke; to tease; to exasperate; to annoy; to vex; as, the insolence of a tyrant irritates his subjects. Dismiss the man, nor irritate the god: Prevent the rage of him who reigns above. - Pope.
	3.	(Physiol.) To produce irritation in; to stimulate; to cause to contract. See Irritation, n., 2.
	4.	(Med.) To make morbidly excitable, or oversensitive; to fret; as, the skin is irritated by friction; to irritate a wound by a coarse bandage.
a.	1.	Excited; heightened.

Verb	1.	irritate - 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" Synonyms: annoy, devil, gravel, nark, rile, vex, nettle, rag, bother, chafe, get at, get to
	2.	irritate - excite to an abnormal condition, of chafe or inflame; "Aspirin irritates my stomach" Antonyms: soothe - cause to feel better; "the medicine soothes the pain of the inflammation"
	3.	irritate - 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"

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