Words and phrases that have a meaning related to irritate: (145 results)
Antonyms:
soothe
Often used in the same context:
annoy, infuriate, irk, rile, antagonize, displease, enrage, alienate, aggravate, rankle, endear, unnerve, nauseate, exasperate, confuse, frighten, offend, bother, embarrass, frustrate, ingratiate, provoke, vex, injure, backfire, unsettle, discomfit, bemuse, startle, soothe, sooth, disconcert, excite, horrify, depress, inflame, abrade, arouse, disturb, embitter, perplex, placate, constrict, discolor, marginalize, agitate, perturb, sicken, bewilder, mystify, astonish, ruffle, appease, pleases, soften, mollify, fluster, amuse, hyperventilate, belittle, despise, complicate, rub, dispirit, deafen, badmouth, harm, betray, distract, exacerbate, misinterpret, intoxicate, naysay, spook, debilitate, dislike, undermine, tantalize, fascinate, wince, blacken, faze, affect, quieten, prickling, detest, discolour, chastise, curdle, weaken, misunderstand, resent, endanger, tickle, suck, spoil, polarize, degrade, harden, embolden, coarsen
More specific:
antagonise, bedevil, beset, chafe, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, crucify, dun, eat into, fret, gall, grate, harass, harry, hassle, itch, molest, peeve, plague, rag, scratch, torment
Appears in the definition of:
aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate, gall, get, get under one's skin, irk, pinch, sls, sodium lauryl sulfate, sodium lauryl sulphate, vellicate
More general:
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— Nouns for irritate: skin, tissue, membranes, tracts, eyes, one
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