irritating
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
causing irritation or annoyance
tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork
Related & opposite
- plague derivation
- disagreeable similar to
Sense 2 adjective
(used of physical stimuli) serving to stimulate or excite
an irritative agent
Related & opposite
- irritate derivation
- irritate derivation
- stimulative similar to
Sense 3 adjective
causing physical discomfort
bites of black flies are more than irritating; they can be very painful
Related & opposite
- distressingness derivation
- uncomfortable similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | plague |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | disagreeable |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | irritate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | irritate |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | stimulative |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | distressingness |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | uncomfortable |