Synonyms for irritation
ˌɪr ɪˈteɪ ʃənir·ri·ta·tion

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1. irritation

   Displeasure is the mildest and most general word. Choler and ire, now rare except in poetic or highly rhetorical language, denote a still, and the latter a persistent, anger. Temper used alone in the sense of anger is colloquial, tho we may correctly say a hot temper, a fiery temper, etc. Passion, tho a word of far wider application, may, in the singular, be employed to denote anger; "did put me in a towering passion," Shakespeare Hamlet act v, sc. 2. Anger is violent and vindictive emotion, which is sharp, sudden, and, like all violent passions, necessarily brief. Resentment (a feeling back or feeling over again) is persistent, the bitter brooding over injuries. Exasperation, a roughening, is a hot, superficial intensity of anger, demanding instant expression. Rage drives one beyond the bounds of prudence or discretion; fury is stronger yet, and sweeps one away into uncontrollable violence. Anger is personal and usually selfish, aroused by real or supposed wrong to oneself, and directed specifically and intensely against the person who is viewed as blameworthy. Indignation is impersonal and unselfish displeasure at unworthy acts (Latin indigna), i. e., at wrong as wrong. Pure indignation is not followed by regret, and needs no repentance; it is also more self-controlled than anger. Anger is commonly a sin; indignation is often a duty. Wrath is deep and perhaps vengeful displeasure, as when the people of Nazareth were "filled with wrath" at the plain words of Jesus (Luke iv, 28); it may, however, simply express the culmination of righteous indignation without malice in a pure being; as, the wrath of God. Impatience, fretfulness, irritation, peevishness, pettishness, petulance, and vexation express the slighter forms of anger. Irritation, petulance, and vexation are temporary and for immediate cause. Fretfulness, pettishness, and peevishness are chronic states finding in any petty matter an occasion for their exercise. Compare ACRIMONY; ENMITY; HATRED.

   Synonyms:
   anger, animosity, choler, displeasure, exasperation, fretfulness, fury, impatience, indignation, ire, offense, passion, peevishness, pettishness, petulance, rage, resentment, temper, vexation, wrath

   Antonyms:
   amiability, charity, forbearance, gentleness, leniency, lenity, long-suffering, love, mildness, patience, peace, peaceableness, peacefulness, self-control, self-restraint

   Preposition:
   Anger at the insult prompted the reply. Anger toward the offender exaggerates the offense.

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. irritation, annoyance, vexation, botherationnoun

   the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed

   Synonyms:
   aggravator, temper, annoying, botheration, pique, innervation, chafe, discomfort, provocation, worry, infliction, pain in the ass, excitation, concern, bother, soreness, pain, aggravation, headache, vexation, annoyance, pain in the neck

2. pique, temper, irritationnoun

   a sudden outburst of anger

   "his temper sparked like damp firewood"

   Synonyms:
   discomfort, temper, annoying, toughness, botheration, surliness, biliousness, innervation, mood, provocation, peevishness, pique, humor, pettishness, excitation, soreness, irritability, humour, aggravation, snappishness, vexation, annoyance

3. irritationnoun

   (pathology) abnormal sensitivity to stimulation

   "any food produced irritation of the stomach"

   Synonyms:
   temper, soreness, annoying, provocation, pique, aggravation, excitation, innervation, discomfort, annoyance, vexation, botheration

4. excitation, innervation, irritationnoun

   the neural or electrical arousal of an organ or muscle or gland

   Synonyms:
   fervor, annoying, excitement, botheration, pique, innervation, inflammation, discomfort, provocation, excitation, soreness, aggravation, fervour, temper, vexation, annoyance

5. discomfort, soreness, irritationnoun

   an uncomfortable feeling of mental painfulness or distress

   Synonyms:
   temper, tenderness, rawness, uncomfortableness, botheration, soreness, provocation, pique, aggravation, excitation, annoying, innervation, annoyance, vexation, discomfort

6. aggravation, irritation, provocationnoun

   unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment

   Synonyms:
   discomfort, temper, annoying, exacerbation, botheration, pique, innervation, provocation, incitement, incitation, excitation, soreness, exasperation, aggravation, vexation, annoyance

7. annoyance, annoying, irritation, vexationnoun

   the act of troubling or annoying someone

   Synonyms:
   aggravator, temper, annoying, botheration, pain in the ass, innervation, chafe, discomfort, provocation, worry, infliction, excitation, soreness, concern, bother, pique, pain, aggravation, headache, vexation, annoyance, pain in the neck

Matched Categories

1. • Abnormality
   • Aggression
   • Annoyance
   • Sensitization

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. irritationnoun

   Synonyms:
   irritating

2. irritationnoun

   Synonyms:
   exasperation, provocation, wrath, ire, anger, passion, excitement, indignation, resentment

3. irritationnoun

   Synonyms:
   (Med.) inflammation (by friction)

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1. List of paraphrases for "irritation":

   irritant, annoyance, anger, exasperation, rash

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1. Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo:

   The words used by the (Venezuelan) authorities, never by the people of Venezuela, are intolerable, given what has happened and the level of verbal irritation that I have seen in President Maduro, I have decided to recall our ambassador in Caracas for consultation.

2. Simon Clarke:

   The reason why cold weather is presumed to cause spreading of coughs, colds and flu is that cold air causes irritation in the nasal passages and airways, which makes us more susceptible to viral infection.

3. National Security Adviser Susan Rice:

   In President Barack Obama meetings with President Xi, President Barack Obama has repeatedly made plain that state-sponsored, cyber-enabled economic espionage must stop, this isn't a mild irritation. It is an economic and national security concern to United States. It puts enormous strain on our bilateral relationship, and it is a critical factor in determining the future trajectory of U.S.-China ties.

4. Resident Yitz Dekel:

   And my neighbors, some in ill health, had major coughing and irritation in the eyes and throat. Some had nose bleeding.

5. Nathen Velez:

   In terms of some of the symptoms of headache, et cetera, unfortunately volatile organic compounds share, with a host of other things, the ability to cause very common symptoms at the lower levels – so headache, eye irritation, nose irritation, et cetera, i think that we have to look at the measured facts – and the measured facts include the fact that the air sampling in that area really is not pointing toward an air source for this.