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Irritation

noun

The psychological state of being irritated or annoyed. Synonyms: annoyance, botheration, vexation.

A sudden outburst of anger. Synonyms: pique, temper.

(pathology) abnormal sensitivity to stimulation.

The neural or electrical arousal of an organ or muscle or gland. Synonyms: excitation, innervation.

An uncomfortable feeling of mental painfulness or distress. Synonyms: discomfort, soreness.

Unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment. Synonyms: aggravation, provocation.

The act of troubling or annoying someone. Synonyms: annoyance, annoying, vexation.

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"Irritation" Quotes from Famous Books

... much is certain: he was conscious of what he called a nervousness of nature which neither father nor grandfather could have bequeathed to him. He imputed to this, or, in other words, to an undue physical sensitiveness to mental causes of irritation, his proneness to deranged liver, and the asthmatic conditions which he believed, rightly or wrongly, to be produced by it. He was perhaps mistaken in some of his inferences, but he was not mistaken in the fact. He had the pleasures as well ...

— Life and Letters of Robert Browning • Mrs. Sutherland Orr

... his companion as if she had shaken him out of a dream. Her dark eyes were gleaming with irritation, ...

— The Web of Life • Robert Herrick

... of course. The Lily for whom he 'sot for his likeness in the surplus.' That awful surplice," she burst forth in irritation at the mere mention of the unfortunate word. "Some of these people must have it. John, you don't half ...

— Amarilly of Clothes-line Alley • Belle K. Maniates

... so, but nothing stirred. Again she tried, and still nothing stirred. Of course it was a dream. Why had such been sent to mock her? In a kind of mad irritation she put out all her remaining strength and wrestled with those stony feet. They moved a little—then of a sudden, without any further effort on her part, swung round as high as the knees where drapery hung, concealing the join in them. Yes, they ...

— Benita, An African Romance • H. Rider Haggard

... his head. 'Why does Uncle Meshach do anything?' He spoke with sarcastic irritation. 'I suppose he's taken a sudden fancy for Susan's child, after ...

— Leonora • Arnold Bennett

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