Definition of Irritated

1. Adjective. Aroused to impatience or anger. "Roiled by the delay"


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

irritable breast
irritable colon
irritable heart
irritable mood
irritableness
irritablenesses
irritably
irritainment
irritancies
irritancy
irritant
irritant contact dermatitis
irritant eczema
irritants
irritate
irritated (current term)
irritates
irritating
irritatingly
irritation
irritation cell
irritation fibroma
irritations
irritative
irritator
irritators
irritatory
irrorate
irroration
irrorations

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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