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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Irritate \Ir"ri*tate\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Irritated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Irritating}.] [L. irritatus, p. p. of irritare. Of doubtful origin.]
1. To increase the action or violence of; to heighten excitement in; to intensify; to stimulate.
Cold maketh the spirits vigorous and irritateth them. --Bacon.
2. To excite anger or displeasure in; to provoke; to tease; to exasperate; to annoy; to vex; as, the insolence of a tyrant irritates his subjects.
Dismiss the man, nor irritate the god: Prevent the rage of him who reigns above. --Pope.
3. (Physiol.) To produce irritation in; to stimulate; to cause to contract. See {Irritation}, noun, 2.
4. (Med.) To make morbidly excitable, or oversensitive; to fret; as, the skin is irritated by friction; to irritate a wound by a coarse bandage.
Syn: To fret; inflame; excite; provoke; tease; vex; exasperate; anger; incense; enrage.
Usage: To {Irritate}, {Provoke}, {Exasperate}. These words express different stages of excited or angry feeling. Irritate denotes an excitement of quick and slightly angry feeling which is only momentary; as, irritated by a hasty remark. To provoke implies the awakening of some open expression of decided anger; as, a provoking insult. Exasperate denotes a provoking of anger at something unendurable. Whatever comes across our feelings irritates; whatever excites anger provokes; whatever raises anger to a high point exasperates. ''Susceptible and nervous people are most easily irritated; proud people are quickly provoked; hot and fiery people are soonest exasperated.'' --Crabb.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
irritated \irritated\ adjective aroused to impatience or anger; as, made an irritated gesture.
Syn: annoyed, nettled, peeved, pissed, stung. [WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
irritated
adjective
1: feeling inflammation or other discomfort (especially in a part of the body)
2: aroused to impatience or anger; "made an irritated gesture"; "feeling nettled from the constant teasing"; "peeved about being left out"; "felt really pissed at her snootiness"; "riled no end by his lies"; "roiled by the delay" [syn: {annoyed}, {miffed}, {nettled}, {peeved}, {pissed}, {pissed off}, {riled}, {roiled}, {steamed}, {stunng}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
91 Moby Thesaurus words for "irritated": aggravated, algetic, amplified, angry, annoyed, augmented, bothered, broken, browned-off, bugged, burned, burning, burnt-up, burst, busted, chafed, checked, chipped, cracked, crazed, cut, damaged, deliberately provoked, deteriorated, disturbed, embittered, enhanced, enlarged, exacerbated, exasperated, festering, fiery, galled, griped, harmed, heated up, heightened, hotted up, huffy, hurt, impaired, imperfect, in bits, in pieces, in shards, increased, inflamed, injured, intensified, irked, lacerated, magnified, mangled, miffed, mutilated, nettled, peeved, piqued, provoked, put-out, rankling, raw, red, rent, resentful, riled, roiled, ruffled, ruptured, scalded, scorched, sensitive, shattered, slashed, slit, smarting, smashed, sore, soured, split, sprung, tender, the worse for, tingling, torn, troubled, vexed, weakened, worse, worse off, worsened
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