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Definition of Irritated
1. Adjective. Aroused to impatience or anger. "Roiled by the delay"
Similar to: Displeased
Definition of Irritated
1. Verb. (past of irritate) ¹
2. Adjective. Experiencing a feeling of irritation. ¹
3. Adjective. (pathology) Inflamed and painful. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Irritated
1. irritate [v] - See also: irritate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Irritated
Literary usage of Irritated
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Zoonomia; Or, The Laws of Organic Life by Erasmus Darwin (1801)
"... irritated fever, by the additional ... irritated fever, or inflammatory fever.
... irritated ..."
2. Hunger by Knut Hamsun (1920)
"I got more and more irritated at this sight, and could not keep my eyes away from
it. The father looked up from his cards, and laughed at the youngsters; ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"If a sensory nerve be irritated at its periphery, say in the skin, a nervous
impulse is transmitted to a central nervous organ, such ae the spinal cord, ..."
4. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1843)
"(85) On the frequent rebellions of the Quadi and Marcomanni, the irritated emperor
resolved to reduce their country into the form of a province. ..."
5. Zoonomia; Or, The Laws of Organic Life by Erasmus Darwin (1801)
"... irritated fever, by the additional ... irritated fever, or inflammatory fever.
... irritated ..."
6. Hunger by Knut Hamsun (1920)
"I got more and more irritated at this sight, and could not keep my eyes away from
it. The father looked up from his cards, and laughed at the youngsters; ..."
7. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"If a sensory nerve be irritated at its periphery, say in the skin, a nervous
impulse is transmitted to a central nervous organ, such ae the spinal cord, ..."
8. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1843)
"(85) On the frequent rebellions of the Quadi and Marcomanni, the irritated emperor
resolved to reduce their country into the form of a province. ..."
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