Antonyms for irritated
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : ir-i-tey-tid |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈɪr ɪˌteɪ tɪd |
Definition of irritated
Origin :- 1530s, "stimulate to action, rouse, incite," from Latin irritatus, past participle of irritare "excite, provoke." An earlier verb form was irrite (mid-15c.), from Old French irriter. Meaning "annoy, make impatient" is from 1590s. Related: Irritated; irritating.
- adj annoyed
- "You must have something to do," cried Cheppi, in an irritated tone.
- Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri
- These Mohmands had neither been irritated nor interfered with in any way.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
- How tense they both had been, how afraid of each other, how she had irritated him!
- Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
- She irritated him more and more, not by what she did but by what she was.
- Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
- He was irritated, too, by a suspicion of duplicity in the members of the force.
- Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
- "Oh well, you ought to have taken my part," I exclaimed, irritated.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- I said something that irritated her and she out with it at once as if it had been a crime on your part.
- Extract from : « In a Steamer Chair and Other Stories » by Robert Barr
- I confess I was irritated for a moment because it all seemed so simple.
- Extract from : « Jennie Baxter, Journalist » by Robert Barr
- It is this that has irritated and humiliated me—in fact, cut me to the quick.
- Extract from : « A Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales » by Guy De Maupassant
- On the facts presented to her, Lady Coryston was first bewildered, then irritated.
- Extract from : « The Coryston Family » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
Synonyms for irritated
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