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| Main Entry: | irritated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | annoyed |
| Synonyms: | angered, angry, bothered, disturbed, provoked, troubled, irked |
| Main Entry: | irritate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | upset, anger |
| Synonyms: | abrade, affront, aggravate, annoy, bother, bug*, burn*, chafe, confuse, distemper, disturb, enrage, exasperate, fret, gall, get, grate, harass, incense, inflame, infuriate, irk, madden, needle*, nettle, offend, pain, peeve, pester, pique, provoke, put out, rankle, rasp, rattle, rile, roil, rub the wrong way*, ruffle, sour, try, vex, drive up the wall, get on nerves, get under skin |
| Notes: | aggravate means 'to add to' an already troublesome or vexing matter or condition while irritate means 'to vex, annoy, or chafe' irritate means 'inflame' (originally 'excite, rouse'); aggravate means 'worsen' |
| Antonyms: | aid, assuage, delight, help, please |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | irritate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hurt, chafe |
| Synonyms: | aggravate, burn, erupt, fret, inflame, intensify, itch, pain, redden, rub, sensitize, sharpen, sting, swell |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, calm, help, soothe |
| Main Entry: | angry |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | being mad, often extremely mad |
| Synonyms: | annoyed, bitter, choleric, cross, displeased, enraged, ferocious, fierce, fiery, furious, hateful, heated, hot, huffy, ill-tempered, impassioned, incensed, indignant, inflamed, infuriated, irascible, irate, irritable, irritated, offended, provoked, raging, sore, sulky, sullen, tumultous/tumultuous, turbulent, uptight, wrathful, affronted, antagonized, chafed, convulsed, exacerbated, exasperated, fuming, galled, ireful, maddened, nettled, outraged, piqued, resentful, riled, splenetic, storming, vexed |
| Antonyms: | calm, collected, content, happy, joyful, joyous |
| Main Entry: | disgruntled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unhappy; critical |
| Synonyms: | annoyed, crabby, cranky, disappointed, discontent, discontented, displeased, dissatisfied, grouchy, grumpy, irritable, irritated, malcontent, peeved, peevish, petulant, put out, sulky, sullen, testy, bad tempered, bellyaching, crabbing, griping, grousing, kicking, kvetching, malcontented, uncontent, ungratified, vexed |
| Antonyms: | contented, happy, pleased, satisfied, uncritical |
| Main Entry: | embittered |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | resentful |
| Synonyms: | bitter, disaffected, irritated, sore, spiteful, full of hate, rancorous |
| Main Entry: | irate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | angry |
| Synonyms: | angered, annoyed, enraged, furious, incensed, indignant, infuriated, irritated, livid, mad, provoked, up in arms*, wrathful, blown a gasket, exasperated, fuming, piqued, riled, steamed, ticked off, worked up, wroth |
| Antonyms: | calm, cheerful, happy, pleased |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | miffed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | displeased |
| Synonyms: | annoyed, disgruntled, irritated, offended, pained, peeved, put out, upset, chagrined, irked, nettled, piqued, resentful, riled, vexed |
| Antonyms: | pleased |
| Main Entry: | painful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | physically or mentally agonizing |
| Synonyms: | agonizing, arduous, awful, biting, burning, caustic, difficult, dire, disagreeable, distasteful, distressing, dreadful, excruciating, extreme, grievous, hard, harrowing, hurtful, inflamed, irritated, laborious, piercing, raw, sensitive, severe, sharp, sore, stinging, tedious, tender, terrible, troublesome, trying, uncomfortable, unpleasant, vexatious, aching, afflictive, extremely bad, hurting, saddening, smarting, throbbing, tormenting |
| Antonyms: | delightful, easy, pleasant, painless |
| Main Entry: | pissed off |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | angry |
| Synonyms: | affronted, annoyed, bent out of shape, boiling*, cross, displeased, enraged, fighting mad, fit to be tied*, fuming, furious, hopping mad, hot, huffy*, in a tizzy, incensed, inflamed, infuriated, irate, irritated, livid, mad, maddened, offended, outraged, peed, peeved off, provoked, raging, riled, sore, steamed, steamed up, steaming, storming, t'd off, tee'd off, ticked off |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tired |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | exhausted, weary |
| Synonyms: | all in, annoyed, asleep, beat*, bored, broken-down, burned out, collapsing, consumed, dead on one's feet, distressed, dog-tired, done for*, done in*, drained, drooping, droopy, drowsy, empty, enervated, exasperated, fagged, faint, fatigued, fed up*, finished, flagging, haggard, irked, irritated, jaded, narcoleptic, overtaxed, overworked, petered out, played out, pooped*, prostrated, run-down, sick of, sleepy, spent, stale, tuckered out*, wasted, worn, worn out |
| Antonyms: | activated, active, energized, fired up, fresh, invigorated, refreshed, rested |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | provoked |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | exasperated |
| Synonyms: | angry, enraged, incensed, irritated, mad, aggravated |
| Main Entry: | sore |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hurt physically |
| Synonyms: | acute, afflicted, annoying, burned, burning, critical, distressing, extreme, hurtful, inflamed, irritated, pained, painful, raw, sensitive, severe, sharp, tender, uncomfortable, unpleasant, vexatious, abscessed, aching, bruised, chafed, hurting, reddened, smarting, ulcerated |
| Antonyms: | good, well |
| Main Entry: | troubled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective1 |
| Definition: | worried |
| Synonyms: | afraid, agitated, alarmed, annoyed, anxious, apprehensive, beset, bothered, concerned, confused, discombobulated*, disconcerted, displeased, distraught, distressed, disturbed, fearful, frightened, harried, irritated, miffed*, overwrought, pained, perplexed, perturbed, provoked, put out, puzzled, scared, shaken, terrified, uneasy, unsettled, upset, aggravated, anguished, chagrined, disquieted, exacerbated, flustered, harrowed, in a tizzy*, inconvenienced, irked, mortified, pestered, plagued, riled*, ruffled, tormented, tortured, vexed, worried stiff* |
| Antonyms: | calm, collected, composed, cool, peaceful, quiet, settled, untroubled, at ease |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mad |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | angry |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, agitated, berserk, distracted, distraught, enraged, excited, frantic, frenetic, furious, incensed, infuriated, irritated, livid, provoked, raging, uncontrolled, wild, wrathful, exasperated, fuming, resentful, seeing red, very upset |
| Antonyms: | calm, collected, happy, cheered |
| Main Entry: | sore |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | angry; hurt mentally |
| Synonyms: | afflicted, aggrieved, annoyed, annoying, critical, distressing, indignant, irritated, pained, peeved, pressing, sensitive, troubled, upset, urgent, weighty, grieved, grieving, irked, resentful, smarting, stung, vexed |
| Antonyms: | delighted, happy, pleased |
| Main Entry: | inflamed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | congested |
| Synonyms: | bloodshot, burnt, irritated, raw, red, sore, swollen, tender, blistered, chafed, festered, festering, fevered, infected, scalded, septic |
| Main Entry: | perturbed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective2 |
| Definition: | angry |
| Synonyms: | annoyed, irritated, vexed |
| Main Entry: | tender |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | painful, sore |
| Synonyms: | acute, delicate, inflamed, irritated, raw, sensitive, thin-skinned, ticklish, touchy, aching, bruised, hypersensitive, oversensitive, smarting |
| Antonyms: | healthy, ok, unpained |
| Main Entry: | aggravate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | annoy |
| Synonyms: | be at, be on the back of, bother, bug, bum*, dog, drive up the wall, exasperate, gall, get, get on one's nerves, get to, give a hard time, grate, hack, irk, irritate, nag, needle, nettle, peeve, pester, pick on, pique, provoke, tease, vex, wig* |
| Antonyms: | appease, gladden, make happy, mollify, soften |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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