"irritation" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌɪɹɪˈteɪʃən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-irritation.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-irritation.wav Forms: irritations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French irritation, from Latin irrītātiō, from irrītāre, present active infinitive of irrītō (“I excite”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|irritation}} Middle French irritation, {{uder|en|la|irrītātiō}} Latin irrītātiō Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} irritation (countable and uncountable, plural irritations)
  1. The act of irritating or annoying. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the act of irritating): ἀγανάκτησις (aganáktēsis) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), qıcıq (Azerbaijani), qıcıqlandırma (Azerbaijani), раздразнение (razdraznenie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), irritació [feminine] (Catalan), irritation [common-gender] (Danish), agaco (Esperanto), ärsytys (Finnish), irritation [feminine] (French), გაღიზიანება (gaɣizianeba) (Georgian), Ärger [masculine] (German), Irritation [feminine] (German), Verärgerung [feminine] (German), ερεθισμός (erethismós) [masculine] (Greek), 苛立ち (iradachi) (Japanese), māngeongeo (Maori), noyaunce (Middle English), irritasjon [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), irritasjon [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), irytacja [feminine] (Polish), iritare [feminine] (Romanian), раздраже́ние (razdražénije) [neuter] (Russian), irritación [feminine] (Spanish), iritasyon (Turkish), irkilme (Turkish), öfke (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-irritation-en-noun-ZnaX7k3B Disambiguation of 'the act of irritating': 85 5 3 5 2
  2. The state of being irritated. Tags: countable, uncountable
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  3. A thing or person that annoys. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: pain in the neck
    Sense id: en-irritation-en-noun-tz~O3ATN
  4. (physiology) A state of inflammation or of painful reaction to cell or tissue damage. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Physiology
    Sense id: en-irritation-en-noun-Ae~UwzeT Topics: medicine, physiology, sciences
  5. 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. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (oversensitiveness of part of the body): чувствителност (čuvstvitelnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), irritation [common-gender] (Danish), Irritation [feminine] (German), εκνευρισμός (eknevrismós) [masculine] (Greek), māngeongeo (Maori), irritasjon [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), irritasjon [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), iritație [feminine] (Romanian), раздраже́ние (razdražénije) [neuter] (Russian), iritasyon (Turkish), irkilme (Turkish) Translations (the act of exciting, or the condition of being excited to action, by stimulation): ἀγανάκτησις (aganáktēsis) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), qıcıq (Azerbaijani), възбуждане (vǎzbuždane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), дразнение (draznenie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), ärsytys (Finnish), ärsyttäminen (Finnish), Irritation [feminine] (German), ερεθισμός (erethismós) [masculine] (Greek), molestia [feminine] (Latin), kūrakuraku (Maori), возбужде́ние (vozbuždénije) [neuter] (Russian), iritasyon (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-irritation-en-noun-mfOk1mbj Disambiguation of 'oversensitiveness of part of the body': 1 22 1 6 70 Disambiguation of 'the act of exciting, or the condition of being excited to action, by stimulation': 32 13 2 11 41
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: abirritation, counterirritation, irritant, irritational, irritative, photoirritation Related terms: irritable, irritate

Inflected forms

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      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "the act of exciting, or the condition of being excited to action, by stimulation",
      "word": "kūrakuraku"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vozbuždénije",
      "sense": "the act of exciting, or the condition of being excited to action, by stimulation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "возбужде́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "the act of exciting, or the condition of being excited to action, by stimulation",
      "word": "iritasyon"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "čuvstvitelnost",
      "sense": "oversensitiveness of part of the body",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "чувствителност"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "oversensitiveness of part of the body",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "irritation"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "oversensitiveness of part of the body",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Irritation"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "eknevrismós",
      "sense": "oversensitiveness of part of the body",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "εκνευρισμός"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "oversensitiveness of part of the body",
      "word": "māngeongeo"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "oversensitiveness of part of the body",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "irritasjon"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "oversensitiveness of part of the body",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "irritasjon"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "oversensitiveness of part of the body",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "iritație"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razdražénije",
      "sense": "oversensitiveness of part of the body",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "раздраже́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "oversensitiveness of part of the body",
      "word": "iritasyon"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "oversensitiveness of part of the body",
      "word": "irkilme"
    }
  ],
  "word": "irritation"
}

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