Synonyms for irritating
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1. annoying, bothersome, galling, irritating, nettlesome, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, plaguy, plaguey, teasing, vexatious, vexingadjective

   causing irritation or annoyance

   "tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork"; "aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport"; "found it galling to have to ask permission"; "an irritating delay"; "nettlesome paperwork"; "a pesky mosquito"; "swarms of pestering gnats"; "a plaguey newfangled safety catch"; "a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him"; "a vexatious child"; "it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong"

   Synonyms:
   exasperating, corruptive, pestilential, petulant, bothersome, mocking, galling, pestilent, cranky, perversive, pesky, scratchy, pestiferous, pettish, nettlesome, dirty, vexing, painful, irritable, plaguey, quizzical, peevish, irritative, plaguy, maddening, infuriating, annoying, tetchy, testy, fractious, techy, vexatious, pestering, peckish, teasing

   Antonyms:
   comfortable, agreeable, depressant, comfy

2. irritating, irritativeadjective

   (used of physical stimuli) serving to stimulate or excite

   "an irritative agent"

   Synonyms:
   pesky, pestering, nettlesome, bothersome, plaguey, painful, teasing, irritative, galling, annoying, plaguy, vexing, pestiferous, vexatious

   Antonyms:
   comfy, depressant, comfortable, agreeable

3. irritating, painfuladjective

   causing physical discomfort

   "bites of black flies are more than irritating; they can be very painful"

   Synonyms:
   nettlesome, annoying, afflictive, teasing, plaguy, vexing, vexatious, galling, irritative, abominable, bothersome, awful, unspeakable, plaguey, atrocious, pestiferous, terrible, pesky, dreadful, pestering, sore, painful

   Antonyms:
   depressant, agreeable, comfy, comfortable

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1. List of paraphrases for "irritating":

   irritant, annoying, galling, exasperating, irksome, vexatious, vexing, inconvenient, disturbing

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1. Amber Luong:

   Any blood in your spinal fluid is very irritating to the brain and gives you a headache.

2. Gabby Whitaker:

   It's irritating, but I've decided if I'm going to get to work, I have to deal with it, i just have to get through it.

3. Janos Lazar:

   For me as a voter it is downright irritating that a diplomat should come here and tell us how to live or how our voters should live.

4. Daniel Gardner:

   It wasn't simply the irritating Beijing cough that was attacking residents daily — it was something much worse.

5. Rob Ford:

   There's still a long way to go until the next election in 2024 and, without the European Union, Boris Johnson needs a new enemy that appeals to Boris Johnson base, scotland is nearly perfect, as lots of English voters think Scots get a great deal out of European Union and find the complaining a little irritating.