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irritation

Meaning of irritation

noun
  1. The act of irritating or annoying
    What irritation causes you to be so moody?
  2. The state of being irritated
  3. 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; especially, 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.
  4. 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.

Information about irritation

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of irritation is: irritations.

Hyphenation of irritation

ir-ri-ta-tion

  • It consists of 4 syllables and 10 letters.
  • irritation is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables

irritation synonyms

Meaning annoyance:

annoyance, vexation, botheration, annoying

Meaning pique:

pique, temper

Meaning excitation:

excitation, innervation

Meaning discomfort:

discomfort, soreness

Meaning aggravation:

aggravation, provocation

Translation of irritation