ALL meanings of irritation
ir·ri·ta·tion
I i - noun irritation The state of feeling annoyed, impatient, or angry. 1
- noun irritation the act of irritating or the state of being irritated. 1
- noun irritation something that irritates. 1
- noun irritation Physiology, Pathology. the bringing of a bodily part or organ to an abnormally excited or sensitive condition. the condition itself. 1
- noun irritation annoyance 1
- noun irritation skin reaction 1
- uncountable noun irritation Irritation is a feeling of annoyance, especially when something is happening that you cannot easily stop or control. 0
- countable noun irritation An irritation is something that keeps annoying you. 0
- variable noun irritation Irritation in a part of your body is a feeling of slight pain and discomfort there. 0
- noun irritation something that irritates 0
- noun irritation the act of irritating or the condition of being irritated 0
- noun irritation the act or process of irritating 0
- noun irritation the fact or condition of being irritated 0
- noun irritation an excessive response to stimulation in an organ or part, specif. a condition of soreness or inflammation 0
- noun irritation Irritation is inflammation or soreness of a bodily organ or part. 0
- noun irritation The act of irritating, or exciting, or the state of being irritated; excitement; stimulation, usually of an undue and uncomfortable kind; especially, excitement of anger or passion; provocation; annoyance; anger. 0
- noun irritation The act of exciting, or the condition of being excited to action, by stimulation; -- as, the condition of an organ of sense, when its nerve is affected by some external body; especially, the act of exciting muscle fibers to contraction, by artificial stimulation; as, the irritation of a motor nerve by electricity; also, the condition of a muscle and nerve, under such stimulation. 0
- noun irritation A condition of morbid excitability or oversensitiveness of an organ or part of the body; a state in which the application of ordinary stimuli produces pain or excessive or vitiated action. 0