About The Word Irritation
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Irritation
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What's The Definition Of Irritation?
[n] the act of troubling or annoying someone
[n] unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment [n] an uncomfortable feeling in some part of the body [n] a sudden outburst of anger; "his temper sparked like damp firewood" [n] the neural or electrical arousal of an organ or muscle or gland [n] the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed [n] (pathology) abnormal sensitivity to stimulation; "any food produced irritation of the stomach" Synonyms | Synonyms for Irritation: aggravation | annoyance | annoyance | annoying | botheration | discomfort | excitation | innervation | pique | provocation | soreness | temper | vexation | vexation Related Terms | Find terms related to Irritation: adverse circumstances | adversity | affliction | aggravation | agitation | algesia | amplification | animation | annoyance | arousal | arousing | augmentation | blight | bummer | care | chafe | contentiousness | cross | curse | deepening | deliberate aggravation | deterioration | difficulties | difficulty | disapprobation | disapproval | discontent | displeasure | dissatisfaction | downer | electrification | embittering | embitterment | enhancement | enlargement | exacerbation | exasperation | excitation | excitement | exhilaration | festering | firing | fomentation | fret | gall | galvanization | hard knocks | hard life | hard lot | hardcase | hardship | heightening | incitation | incitement | increase | inflammation | infuriation | instigation | intensification | irritant | lathering up | magnification | pep rally | pep talk | perturbation | plight | predicament | pressure | provocation | rabble-rousing | rankling | resentfulness | resentment | rigor | sea of troubles | sensitiveness | sharpening | sore | sore spot | soreness | souring | steaming up | stimulation | stimulus | stirring | stirring up | stirring-up | stress | stress of life | tenderness | trial | tribulation | trouble | troubles | vale of tears | vexation | vicissitude | whipping up | working up | worsening See Also | abnormal condition | abnormalcy | abnormality | aggression | aggro | annoyance | arousal | bummer | chafe | exasperation | huff | hurt | impatience | last straw | mental state | miff | mistreatment | pinprick | psychological state | red flag | restlessness | seeing red | sensitisation | sensitization | snit | suffering | taunt | taunting | twit | vexation Irritation In Webster's Dictionary \Ir`ri*ta"tion\, n. [L. irritatio: cf. F.
irritation.]
1. The act of irritating, or exciting, or the state of being
irritated; excitement; stimulation, usually of an undue
and uncomfortable kind; especially, excitement of anger or
passion; provocation; annoyance; anger.
The whole body of the arts and sciences composes one
vast machinery for the irritation and development of
the human intellect. --De Quincey.
2. (Physiol.) The act of exciting, or the condition of being
excited to action, by stimulation; -- as, the condition of
an organ of sense, when its nerve is affected by some
external body; esp., the act of exciting muscle fibers to
contraction, by artificial stimulation; as, the irritation
of a motor nerve by electricity; also, the condition of a
muscle and nerve, under such stimulation.
3. (Med.) A condition of morbid excitability or
oversensitiveness of an organ or part of the body; a state
in which the application of ordinary stimuli produces pain
or excessive or vitiated action.
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