Dictionary Entry

irritation

irritation is a 10-letter English word with 10 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of irritating, or exciting, or the state of being irritated; excitement; stimulation, usually of an undue and uncomfortable kind; especially, excitement of anger or passion; provocation; annoyance; anger. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 11 · 10 senses

Definitions

1noun
The act of irritating, or exciting, or the state of being irritated; excitement; stimulation, usually of an undue and uncomfortable kind; especially, excitement of anger or passion; provocation; annoyance; anger.
2noun
The act of exciting, or the condition of being excited to action, by stimulation; -- as, the condition of an organ of sense, when its nerve is affected by some external body; esp., the act of exciting muscle fibers to contraction, by artificial stimulation; as, the irritation of a motor nerve by electricity; also, the condition of a muscle and nerve, under such stimulation.
3noun
A condition of morbid excitability or oversensitiveness of an organ or part of the body; a state in which the application of ordinary stimuli produces pain or excessive or vitiated action.
4noun
the act of troubling or annoying someone
Synonyms
annoyance annoying vexation
5noun
unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment
Synonyms
aggravation provocation
6noun
an uncomfortable feeling of mental painfulness or distress
Synonyms
discomfort soreness
7noun
a sudden outburst of anger
"his temper sparked like damp firewood"
Synonyms
pique temper
8noun
the neural or electrical arousal of an organ or muscle or gland
Synonyms
excitation innervation
9noun
the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed
Synonyms
annoyance botheration vexation
10noun
(pathology) abnormal sensitivity to stimulation
"any food produced irritation of the stomach"

Synonyms

annoyance annoying vexation aggravation provocation discomfort soreness pique temper excitation innervation botheration

Common word forms

irritations

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