Irritant
['ɪrɪt(ə)nt] or ['ɪrɪtənt]
Definition
(noun.) something that causes irritation and annoyance; 'he's a thorn in my flesh'.
Editor: Ryan--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Rendering null and void; conditionally invalidating.
(a.) Irritating; producing irritation or inflammation.
(n.) That which irritates or excites.
(n.) Any agent by which irritation is produced; as, a chemical irritant; a mechanical or electrical irritant.
(n.) A poison that produces inflammation.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See TENTATIVE]
Edited by Greg
Unserious Contents or Definition
Something which irritates. COUNTER IRRITANT,A woman shopping."
Editor: Pratt
Examples
- There was something naturally irritant to him in Birkin's mere presence. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The spirit of the pioneer does not survive forever: it is kept alive to-day, I believe, by certain unnatural irritants which may be summed up as absentee ownership. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
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