All irritation synonyms

noun irritation

• soreness — physically painful or sensitive, as a wound, hurt, or diseased part: a sore arm.
• irritability — the quality or state of being irritable.
• inflammation — Pathology. redness, swelling, pain, tenderness, heat, and disturbed function of an area of the body, especially as a reaction of tissues to injurious agents.
• tenderness — soft or delicate in substance; not hard or tough: a tender steak.
• anger — Anger is the strong emotion that you feel when you think that someone has behaved in an unfair, cruel, or unacceptable way.
• annoyance — Annoyance is the feeling that you get when someone makes you feel fairly angry or impatient.
• discomfort — an absence of comfort or ease; uneasiness, hardship, or mild pain.
• susceptibility — state or character of being susceptible: susceptibility to disease.
• rawness — uncooked, as articles of food: a raw carrot.
• non-susceptible — admitting or capable of some specified treatment: susceptible of a high polish; susceptible to various interpretations.
• hypersensitivity — excessively sensitive: to be hypersensitive to criticism.
• tenseness — stretched tight, as a cord, fiber, etc.; drawn taut; rigid.
• upset — to overturn: to upset a pitcher of milk.
• stress — importance attached to a thing: to lay stress upon good manners. Synonyms: significance, meaning, emphasis, consequence; weight, value, worth.
• vexation — the act of vexing.
• provocation — the act of provoking.
• frustration — act of frustrating; state of being frustrated: the frustration of the president's efforts.
• crossness — the quality or state of being cross or angry; irritability; snappishness.
• impatience — lack of patience.
• exasperation — A feeling of intense irritation or annoyance.
• irascibility — easily provoked to anger; very irritable: an irascible old man.
• touchy — apt to take offense on slight provocation; irritable: He is very touchy when he's sick.
• testily — irritably impatient; touchy.
• nuisance — an obnoxious or annoying person, thing, condition, practice, etc.: a monthly meeting that was more nuisance than pleasure.
• pain — physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
• pest — a city in and the capital of Hungary, in the central part, on the Danube River: formed 1873 from two cities on the W bank of the Danube (Buda and Obuda) and one on the E bank (Pest)
• bother — If you do not bother to do something or if you do not bother with it, you do not do it, consider it, or use it because you think it is unnecessary or because you are too lazy.
• bane — The bane of someone or the bane of someone's life is something that frequently makes them feel unhappy or annoyed.
• irritant — tending to cause irritation; irritating.
• itchiness — having or causing an itching sensation.
• prickly — full of or armed with prickles.
• rash — acting or tending to act too hastily or without due consideration.
• sensitivity — the state or quality of being sensitive; sensitiveness.
• excitability — (uncountable) The state of being excitable.
• oversensitivity — excessively or unduly sensitive.