irritance

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noun

irritation

Scrabble 11

Meanings

nounirritance (countable and uncountable, plural irritances)

plural irritances

  1. countableuncountableirritation

    The new electronic switching system means expanded service and an end to irritances such as cross-talk, line-hum, and being cut off in mid-conversation.

    1986, The Army Communicator, volume 11, number 2, page 46

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “irritance,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/irritance.

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