irritative

ir·ri·ta·tive

I i

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [ir-i-tey-tiv]
- /ˈɪr ɪˌteɪ tɪv/
- /ˈɪ.rɪ.teɪ.tɪv/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [ir-i-tey-tiv]
- /ˈɪr ɪˌteɪ tɪv/

Definitions of irritative word

adjective irritative serving or tending to irritate. 1
adjective irritative Pathology. characterized or produced by irritation of some body part: an irritative fever. 1
noun irritative Serving to excite or irritate. 1
adjective irritative causing irritation 0
adjective irritative accompanied or caused by irritation 0
adjective irritative accompanied with, or produced by, increased action or irritation. 0

See all 6 definitions of irritative

Information block about the term

Origin of irritative

First appearance:

before 1680

One of the 48% oldest English words

First recorded in 1680-90; irritate + -ive

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Irritative

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Irritative

irritative popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 62% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 69% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

irritative usage trend in Literature

This diagram is provided by Google Ngram Viewer