irritate

1. Cause annoyance in;
   Disturb, especially by minor irritations (synset 201791774)
   "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"
   is a type of: displease - give displeasure to
   subtypes:

   • get, get under one's skin - irritate
   • eat into, fret, grate, rankle - gnaw into; make resentful or angry
   • peeve - cause to be annoyed, irritated, or resentful
   • ruffle - trouble or vex
   • fret - cause annoyance in
   • beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, hassle, molest, plague, provoke - annoy continually or chronically
   • antagonise, antagonize - provoke the hostility of
   same as: annoy, bother, chafe, devil, get at, get to, gravel, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex
   verb group: chafe - feel extreme irritation or anger
2. Excite to an abnormal condition, or chafe or inflame (synset 200063062)
   "Aspirin irritates my stomach"
   is a type of: aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate, worsen - make worse
   subtypes:

   • chafe, fret, gall - become or make sore by or as if by rubbing
   • itch, rub, scratch - scrape or rub as if to relieve itching
3. Excite to some characteristic action or condition, such as motion, contraction, or nervous impulse, by the application of a stimulus (synset 200504796)
   "irritate the glands of a leaf"
   referred to in: physiology - the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms
   is a type of: excite, stimulate - act as a stimulant
   subtypes: pinch, vellicate - irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear

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