irritating

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/ˈɪə.ɹɪ.teɪ.tɪŋ/

adjective

Causing irritation, annoyance or pain.

“irritating music”

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Meanings

adjectiveirritating (comparative more irritating, superlative most irritating)

comparative more irritating · superlative most irritating

  1. Causing irritation, annoyance or pain.

    irritating music

    3 more examples

    irritating bureaucracy

    irritating person

    irritating sounds

  2. Stimulating or exciting a response.
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of irritate

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivecausing irritation or annoyance

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annoyingbothersomegallingnettlesomepeskypesteringpestiferousplaguyplagueyteasingvexatiousvexingdisagreeable

adjective(used of physical stimuli) serving to stimulate or excite

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irritativestimulative

adjectivecausing physical discomfort

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painfuluncomfortable
Also see
annoyingbothersomecruddydrippyfuckinggallingirksomeirritativenettlesomeobnoxiouspainfulpeskypesteringpestiferouspestilentialplagueystimulativeteasinguncomfortablevexatiousvexing

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Catalan irritant
  • irritantcausing irritation, annoyance or pain
Dutch irritant
  • irritantcausing irritation, annoyance or pain
Esperanto iritanta
  • iritantacausing irritation, annoyance or pain
Finnish ärsyttävä, harmittava
  • ärsyttäväcausing irritation, annoyance or pain
  • harmittavacausing irritation, annoyance or pain
French énervant
  • énervantcausing irritation, annoyance or pain
German nervig
  • nervigcausing irritation, annoyance or pain
Greek εκνευριστικός
  • εκνευριστικός (eknevristikós)causing irritation, annoyance or pain
Latin molestus
  • molestuscausing irritation, annoyance or pain
Māori hīrawerawe
  • hīrawerawecausing irritation, annoyance or pain
Norwegian irritende, irriterende
  • irritendecausing irritation, annoyance or pain
  • irriterendecausing irritation, annoyance or pain
Polish irytujący
  • irytującycausing irritation, annoyance or pain
Russian раздража́ющий
  • раздража́ющий (razdražájuščij)causing irritation, annoyance or pain
Spanish irritante
  • irritantecausing irritation, annoyance or pain
Swedish irriterande, irriterande
  • irriterandecausing irritation, annoyance or pain
  • irriterandeStimulates or exciting a response
Tagalog nakakainis
  • nakakainiscausing irritation, annoyance or pain
Thai คาย
  • คาย (kaai)causing irritation, annoyance or pain
Ukrainian дратівли́вий
  • дратівли́вий (drativlývyj)causing irritation, annoyance or pain
Vietnamese ngứa
  • ngứacausing irritation, annoyance or pain
Cite this entry
APA

irritating. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/irritating

MLA

“irritating.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/irritating. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “irritating,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/irritating.

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