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irritating

[ir-i-tey-ting]

adjective

  1. causing irritation; annoying; provoking;

    irritating questions.



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Other Word Forms

  • irritatingly adverb
  • nonirritating adjective
  • unirritating adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of irritating1

First recorded in 1700–10; irritat(e) + -ing 2
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And to address what some member states see as irritating hangovers from Brexit.

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“Andor” doesn’t even aim that high, spiritually speaking, since humans have an irritating habit of clinging to hope and faith instead of dealing with the very real problems in front of our faces.

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“It was really irritating because I had fought this in Arizona a decade before,” Worsley said.

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Rolling Stone reports that virtually everyone in the White House finds him irritating, some even questioning if he's high.

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We have all encountered the mildly irritating American friend who returns from a few weeks in Europe — maybe as much as an entire semester! — with a “global perspective.”

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