irritate
/ˈɪr·ɪˌteɪt/ v [T] (MAKE SORE)Definition
› to make something sore or painful, or to cause an uncomfortable physical reaction: At first my contact lenses irritated my eyes.
(Definition of irritate v (MAKE SORE) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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