B1verb · transitive · rare

irritate

irritate · irritates · irritated · irritating

дратувати

раздражать, злить, сердить

ärgern, reizen, irritieren

To provoke impatience, anger, or displeasure inTo provoke impatience, anger, or displeasure in.

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/ˈɪɹ.ɪˌteɪt/

» His incompetence began to irritate everyone.

Его некомпетентность начала всех раздражать.

Його некомпетентність почала всіх дратувати.

Meaning

4 senses

(transitive)To provoke impatience, anger, or displeasure in.
(intransitive)To cause or induce displeasure or irritation.
reizen, irritieren, ärgern
раздража́тьrazdražátʹ, злитьzlitʹ, серди́тьserdítʹ
дратува́тиdratuváty
(transitive)To induce pain in (all or part of a body or organism).
(obsolete, transitive)To render null and void.
c. 1634-1661 John Bramhall, Protestants' Ordination Defended Are human laws presently superfluous, so often as they do not irritate or abrogate Divine laws ?

More definitions

excite to an abnormal condition, or chafe or inflame
excite to some characteristic action or condition, such as motion, contraction, or nervous impulse, by the application of a stimulus
cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations

Examples

457 sentences

His incompetence began to irritate everyone.
Його некомпетентність почала всіх дратувати.
ruЕго некомпетентность начала всех раздражать.
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I know that Tom is irritated.
Я знаю, що Том роздратований.
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Tom told me that he's irritated.
Том сказав мені, що він роздратований.
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Tom seemed to be very irritated.
Том здавався дуже роздратованим.
ruТом казался очень раздражённым.
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Tom said that Mary was irritated.
Том сказав, що Мері роздратована.
ruТом сказал, что Мэри раздражена.
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

to cause or induce displeasure or irritation:

Русский

By meaning 1

to cause or induce displeasure or irritation:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

to cause or induce displeasure or irritation:

Origin

Borrowed from Latin irrītātus, perfect passive participle of irrītō (“excite, irritate, in

Borrowed from Latin irrītātus, perfect passive participle of irrītō (“excite, irritate, incite, stimulate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Borrowed from Latin irritātus, perfect passive participle of irritō (“to invalidate, render void, annul”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from irritus (“invalid”), the equivalent of in- + ratus (“valid, established, fixed”).

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