irritate

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɪɹ.ɪˌteɪt/ === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Latin irrītātus, perfect passive participle of irrītō (“excite, irritate, incite, stimulate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). ==== Verb ==== irritate (third-person singular simple present irritates, present participle irritating, simple past and past participle irritated) (transitive) To provoke impatience, anger, or displeasure in. Synonyms: provoke, rile; see also Thesaurus:annoy Antonyms: placate, please, soothe (intransitive) To cause or induce displeasure or irritation. Synonyms: abrade, chafe, grate, rankle (transitive) To induce pain in (all or part of a body or organism). Synonyms: afflict, pang; see also Thesaurus:hurt ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== See also ==== disturb exasperate peeve === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Latin irritātus, perfect passive participle of irritō (“to invalidate, render void, annul”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from irritus (“invalid”), the equivalent of in- +‎ ratus (“valid, established, fixed”). ==== Verb ==== irritate (third-person singular simple present irritates, present participle irritating, simple past and past participle irritated) (transitive, obsolete, Scots law) To render null and void. c. 1634-1661 John Bramhall, Protestants' Ordination Defended Are human laws presently superfluous, so often as they do not irritate or abrogate Divine laws ? Synonyms: annul, nullify, invalidate == Italian == === Etymology 1 === ==== Adjective ==== irritate feminine plural of irritato ==== Participle ==== irritate f pl feminine plural of irritato === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== irritate inflection of irritare: second-person plural present indicative second-person plural imperative === Anagrams === arteriti, atterrii, irretita, ritirate, tiritera, triterai == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɪr.riːˈtaː.tɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ir.riˈtaː.te] === Verb === irrītāte second-person plural present active imperative of irrītō === References === “irritate”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “irritate”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Spanish == === Verb === irritate second-person singular voseo imperative of irritar combined with te