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Synonyms for irritating
ir·ri·tat·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
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, teasingAntonyms:
comfortable, agreeable, depressant, comfyirritating, 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, vexatiousAntonyms:
comfy, depressant, comfortable, agreeableirritating, 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, painfulAntonyms:
depressant, agreeable, comfy, comfortable
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "irritating":
irritant, annoying, galling, exasperating, irksome, vexatious, vexing, inconvenient, disturbing
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#4328 | dirty | |
#6918 | terrible | |
#9372 | painful | |
#9416 | annoying | |
#9775 | awful | |
#12985 | sore | |
#13075 | disturbing | |
#21074 | teasing | |
#23190 | dreadful | |
#23970 | irritating | |
#26620 | irritable | |
#30182 | cranky | |
#32934 | inconvenient | |
#34388 | mocking | |
#34818 | pesky | |
#44697 | irritant | |
#45237 | unspeakable | |
#46948 | bothersome | |
#50274 | atrocious | |
#51404 | abominable | |
#59577 | scratchy | |
#66520 | maddening | |
#70924 | techy | |
#74214 | testy | |
#74824 | infuriating | |
#78530 | vexing | |
#89995 | vexatious | |
#101981 | galling | |
#102921 | quizzical | |
#103649 | petulant | |
#108040 | pestering | |
#109623 | irksome | |
#111300 | exasperating | |
#111963 | fractious | |
#112226 | peevish | |
#245384 | pestilent | |
#264537 | pestilential | |
#287350 | peckish | |
#299977 | corruptive | |
#313326 | irritative | |
#323849 | tetchy |
How to use irritating in a sentence?
This incident could be irritating for Russia, yet will hardly be a major setback for a relationship already under immense strain due to various issues such as sanctions.
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.
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.
All that stuff has sugar which will change the bacteria and yeast proportions which can cause infections. Those substances can also be irritating to the vaginal skin, so it might seem like a good idea at the time, but you may have either vaginal irritation or a vaginal infection afterwards.
Nothing is as irritating as the fellow who chats pleasantly while he's overcharging you.
Translations for irritating
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- مزعجArabic
- irritantCatalan, Valencian
- irritanteSpanish
- آزار دهندهPersian
- harmittava, ärsyttäväFinnish
- irritantFrench
- menjengkelkanIndonesian
- irritanteItalian
- irritantDutch
- irritantePortuguese
- раздражающийRussian
- irriterandeSwedish
- nakakainisTagalog
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