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Irritation

Irritation Definition And Meaning
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.

Irritation Definition And Meaning

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"

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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