irritation
has definitions from the fields of medicine,immunology
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[ noun ] the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed
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 . Related terms psychological_state botheration restlessness pinprick snit bummer huff |
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[ noun ] the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed
Synonyms Related terms psychological_state restlessness snit huff bummer pinprick annoy trouble |
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[ noun ] (pathology) abnormal sensitivity to stimulation
Examples "any food produced irritation of the stomach" Related terms |
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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
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[ noun ] an uncomfortable feeling in some part of the body
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[ noun ] the act of troubling or annoying someone
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