irritate
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me
Types & categories
- displease hypernym
- get under one's skin hyponym
- eat into hyponym
- peeve hyponym
- ruffle hyponym
- fret hyponym
- hassle hyponym
- antagonize hyponym
Related & opposite
- annoying derivation
- mischief derivation
- provocation derivation
- pain in the ass derivation
- irritant derivation
- temper derivation
- tease derivation
- annoyance derivation
- chafe verb group
Sense 2 verb
excite to an abnormal condition, or chafe or inflame
Aspirin irritates my stomach
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- soothe antonym
- discomfort derivation
- irritation derivation
- irritative derivation
Sense 3 verb
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
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- innervation derivation
- irritative derivation
- physiology domain topic
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | annoying |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | mischief |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | provocation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | pain in the ass |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | irritant |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | temper |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | tease |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | annoyance |
| 1 | verb group | Related & opposite | chafe |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | displease |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | get under one's skin |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | eat into |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | peeve |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ruffle |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fret |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hassle |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | antagonize |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | soothe |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | discomfort |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | irritation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | irritative |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | aggravate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | gall |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | itch |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | innervation |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | irritative |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | physiology |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | stimulate |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | vellicate |