Antonyms for irritatingir·ri·tat·ing

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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"

   Antonyms:
   comfortable, agreeable, depressant, comfy

   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

2. irritating, irritativeadjective

   (used of physical stimuli) serving to stimulate or excite

   "an irritative agent"

   Antonyms:
   comfy, depressant, comfortable, agreeable

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

3. irritating, painfuladjective

   causing physical discomfort

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

   Antonyms:
   depressant, agreeable, comfy, comfortable

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

How to use irritating in a sentence?

1. Karen Bridbord:

   Issues will come bubbling up in different ways, when everything is irritating you about the other person, that is when you have to look at yourself and why you are so triggered.

2. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka:

   You can't win a struggle without irritating those who you are trying to convert, we need to get across the message that feminism is not about hating men, hating those who don't buy into our agenda, but it is about extending and advancing women's rights .. and ending the deep prejudices against women that still exist.

3. Evelyn Underhill:

   After all it is those who have a deep and real inner life who are best able to deal with the irritating details of outer life.

4. Choe Son Hui:

   The U.S. had better not put our patience to the test any longer with such remarks irritating us if it doesn't want to have bitter regrets afterwards.

5. Baron Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett:

   May every young scientist remember... and not fail to keep his eyes open for the possibility that an irritating failure of his apparatus to give consistent results may once or twice in a lifetime conceal an important discovery.

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