Meaning

5 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The act of irritating or annoying.

    What irritation causes you to be so moody?

    Ärger, Irritation, Verärgerung

    раздраже́ниеrazdražénije, возбужде́ниеvozbuždénije

    the act of troubling or annoying someone

  2. (countable, uncountable)The state of being irritated.

    the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed

  3. (countable, uncountable)A thing or person that annoys.

  4. (countable, uncountable)A state of inflammation or of painful reaction to cell or tissue damage.

  5. (countable, uncountable)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.

    Irritation

    раздраже́ниеrazdražénije

Examples

9 sentences
  1. Tom's irritation is starting to show.

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  2. There was no irritation on his part.

    З його боку не було роздратування.

    ruС его стороны не было раздражения.

    deSeinerseits gab es keinen Ärger.

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  3. After she removed the bandage, the irritation subsided.

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  4. Tom's face clearly showed bewilderment coupled with irritation.

    ruНа лице Тома явно читалось недоумение вкупе с раздражением.

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  5. Check for any signs of irritation or infection.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
the act of irritating:
the act of exciting, or the condition of being excited to action, by stimulation:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
the act of irritating:

Origin

Borrowed from Middle French irritation, from Latin irrītātiō, from irrītāre (“to excite”).

Borrowed from Middle French irritation, from Latin irrītātiō, from irrītāre (“to excite”). By surface analysis, irritate + -ion.

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Forms

plural: irritations
Singularirritation
Pluralirritations

regular

Synonyms

13 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

8 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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