irritate

/ˈɪrɪteɪt/ verb [T]

Definition

ANNOY › to annoy someone: His comments really irritated me.

HURT › to make a part of your body hurt: The smoke irritated her eyes.

irritation

/ˌɪrɪˈteɪʃən/ noun [C, U]

(Definition of irritate verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to express disagreement or refuse to do something

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