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Irritation

/ˌɪɹɪˈteɪʃən/

The act of irritating or annoying

📖 Definitions of "Irritation"

noun
  1. 1

    The act of irritating or annoying

    "What irritation causes you to be so moody?"

  2. 2

    The state of being irritated

  3. 3

    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.

  4. 4

    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.

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