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irritated

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Main Entry: irritate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: upset, anger

Synonyms:

abrade, affront, aggravate, annoy, bother, bug*, burn*, chafe, confuse, distemper, disturb, drive up the wall, enrage, exasperate, fret, gall, get, get on nerves, get under skin, 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
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
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: irritated
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: annoyed

Synonyms:

angered, angry, bothered, disturbed, irked, provoked, troubled
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
Notes: to aggravate is to make something worse, while to exacerbate is to increase something's bitterness or harshness
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:

appease, gladden, make happy, mollify, soften
Main Entry: anger
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: make someone mad; become mad

Synonyms:

acerbate, affront, aggravate, agitate, annoy, antagonize, arouse, bait, blow up, boil over, boil, bristle, burn, burn up, chafe, craze*, cross, displease, egg on, embitter, enrage, exacerbate, exasperate, excite, fret, gall, get mad, get on one's nerves, goad, incense, inflame, infuriate, irritate, lose one's temper, madden, make sore, miff, nettle, offend, outrage, pique, provoke, raise hell, rankle, rant, rave, rile, ruffle, seethe, steam up, stew, stir up, tempt, umbrage, vex

Antonyms:

calm, forbear, make happy, quiet, soothe
Main Entry: angry
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: being mad, often extremely mad

Synonyms:

affronted, annoyed, antagonized, bitter, chafed, choleric, convulsed, cross, displeased, enraged, exacerbated, exasperated, ferocious, fierce, fiery, fuming, furious, galled, hateful, heated, hot, huffy, ill-tempered, impassioned, incensed, indignant, inflamed, infuriated, irascible, irate, ireful, irritable, irritated, maddened, nettled, offended, outraged, piqued, provoked, raging, resentful, riled, sore, splenetic, storming, sulky, sullen, tumultous/tumultuous, turbulent, uptight, vexed, wrathful

Antonyms:

calm, collected, content, happy, joyful, joyous
Main Entry: antagonize
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: cause problem; oppose

Synonyms:

alienate, anger, annoy, counteract, estrange, insult, irritate, neutralize, offend, repel, struggle, work against

Antonyms:

agree, aid, help
Main Entry: bait
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: needle

Synonyms:

anger, annoy, badger, bother, gall, harass, heckle, hound, irk, irritate, nag, persecute, provoke, tease, torment
Main Entry: bore
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: cause weariness, disinterest

Synonyms:

afflict, annoy, be tedious, bend one's ear, bother, burn out, cloy, discomfort, drag, exhaust, fatigue, irk, irritate, jade, pall, pester, put to sleep, send to sleep, talk one's ear off, tire, trouble, turn one off, vex, wear, wear out, weary, worry

Antonyms:

amuse, charm, excite, interest, please
Main Entry: bother
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: harass, annoy; give trouble

Synonyms:

afflict, aggravate, agitate, alarm, badger, bedevil, bore, browbeat, carp at, concern, cross, discommode, disconcert, disgust, dismay, displease, disquiet, distress, disturb, eat, embarrass, exacerbate, exasperate, goad, grate on, grieve, harry, hinder, hurt, impede, inconvenience, insult, intrude upon, irk, irritate, molest, nag, needle, nudge, pain, perplex, perturb, pester, pick on, plague, provoke, pursue, put out, ride, scare, spite, tantalize, taunt, tease, torment, trouble, upset, vex, worry

Antonyms:

aid, help, please
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