Synonyms for irritating

Grammar : Adj

Spell : ir-i-tey-ting

Phonetic Transcription : ˈɪr ɪˌteɪ tɪŋ

Définition of irritating

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 vexatious

Example sentences :

It would be irritating, if you didn't secretly feel the same yourself.
Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson

But he had previously seen her so pained that he felt afraid of irritating her again.
Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola

I bore his horrible humors, his mad, irritating, capricious temper.
Extract from : « Melomaniacs » by James Huneker

Her system of espial is even more minute and irritating than that of Russia.
Extract from : « The Destroyer » by Burton Egbert Stevenson

This was an irritating fact, but being 131 a fact had to be accepted.
Extract from : « The Wall Street Girl » by Frederick Orin Bartlett

Still, for all this irritating abuse Vulp had only himself and his ancestry to blame.
Extract from : « Creatures of the Night » by Alfred W. Rees

Mist is deceitful, the dead luminosity of the fog is irritating.
Extract from : « Tales Of Hearsay » by Joseph Conrad

To see it withdrawn from him for the merest instant was irritating—seemed a disaster.
Extract from : « The Rescue » by Joseph Conrad

Unfortunately I had had some irritating interviews during the day.
Extract from : « The Arrow of Gold » by Joseph Conrad

Nothing of an annoying or irritating nature must be broached to the convalescent just yet.
Extract from : « The Bondwoman » by Marah Ellis Ryan

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