irritation has definitions from the fields of medicine,immunology
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[ noun ] the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed

Synonyms

annoyance vexation

Used in print

(The Providence Journal...)

It is into this household , one eroded by irritations that have tortured the souls out of its people , that George_Dillon enters at the beginning of the play .

(William G. Pollard, Physicist and Christian....)

The conversation of the characters creates an atmosphere suggesting the usual mixture of pleasures , foibles , irritations , and concerns which would characterize the common life of a normal village in any age .

(Edward P. Lawton, "Northern Liberals and Southern...)

As for states ' rights , they have never counted in the thinking of my liberal friends except as irritations of a minor and immoral nature which exist now only as anachronisms .

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[ noun ] the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed
3
[ noun ] a sudden outburst of anger

Synonyms

temper pique

Examples

"his temper sparked like damp firewood"

Related terms

annoyance annoy

4
[ noun ] (pathology) abnormal sensitivity to stimulation

Examples

"any food produced irritation of the stomach"

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[ noun ] unfriendly behavior that aggravates or irritates someone
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[ noun ] the neural or electrical arousal of an organ or muscle or gland

Related terms

arousal irritate

7
[ noun ] an uncomfortable feeling in some part of the body

Related terms

suffering chafing irritate

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[ noun ] the act of troubling or annoying someone
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