irritate

verbs

cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations

"Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"

annoy, bother, chafe, devil, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex

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excite to an abnormal condition, or chafe or inflame

"Aspirin irritates my stomach"

irritate

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antonym

is a type of (narrower)

make worse

"This drug aggravates the pain"

excite to some characteristic action or condition, such as motion, contraction, or nervous impulse, by the application of a stimulus

"irritate the glands of a leaf"

irritate

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domain category

the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms

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act as a stimulant

"The book stimulated her imagination"; "This play stimulates"