irritation

Definitions  ·  Examples  ·  Pronunciations  ·  Etymologies  ·  Related  ·  Statistics  ·  Comments  · 
“
As long as the irritation is there, he will seek a way to get rid of it.

View all »
Definitions (16)

Toggle American Heritage definitions American Heritage Dictionary (5)

  1. noun The act of irritating.
  2. noun The condition of being irritated; vexation: honked the horn with irritation at the delay.
  3. noun A source of irritation.
2 more from this dictionary »

Toggle Century definitions Century Dictionary (3)

Toggle GNU Webster definitions GNU Webster's 1913 (1)

Toggle WordNet definitions WordNet (7)

Toggle elsewhere links Elsewhere on the web

View all »
Examples (50)

  • But Doc Savage had not radioed Another irritation was the fact that they had not been able to locate Monk. —  102 - Mystery Island
  • As long as the irritation is there, he will seek a way to get rid of it. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • Here in the States, instead of being regarded as an "irritation" - which they can be at time, just like adults - children are more like an "accessory." —  Alex Jones' Prison Planet.com
  • Compounding the irritation are the add-ons, amounting to an extra $150 billion, to the bailout package. —  Don't Mess With Taxes
  • I do not argue that point, but what triggers my irritation is a complete lack of personal responsibility. —  Snapshot
More examples »
 

Tags

irritation hasn't been tagged yet.

Sign up or sign in to add tags.

Stats

This word has been looked up 121 times.

stop updating
On Twitter

Photos from

flickr images

Add a related word »
Related

Roget's II Roget's II: The New Thesaurus

Allen's Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms

Used in the same context Used in the Same Context

annoyance ·  resentment ·  anxiety ·  frustration ·  discontent ·  vexation ·  sadness ·  tension ·  agitation ·  worry ·  nervousness ·  panic

Used in the same contextWord Family

irritation:   irritations
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary. Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Etymologies (1)

Toggle Century etymologies Century Dictionary (1)

  1. = French irritation = Spanish irritacion = Portuguese irritação = Italian irritazione, inritazione, from Latin irritatio(n-), inritatio(n-), from irritare, inritare, excite: see irritate.
 

Pronunciations
Record your own »
/ɪrɪˈteɪʃən/
by American Heritage

Charts
frequency chart

Bubble size: how much this word was used in a year

Bubble height: used more or less than expected, vs. all uses evenly distributed

You can expect to see this word about twice a week.

Recently looked up

graphical · all-round · parenthesis · pluto · sot

Recent Favorites

pygopagus · sanglant · Astacus · sweetbread · qualms

Recent Pronunciations

be careful! the razor is razor-sharp! · minty-fresh death threat · please stop sucking the monkeybread · beauregard · unicycle hockey