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as in to annoy
to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts
constant chatter irritated the student, who was trying to concentrate on a hard assignment
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Recent Examples of irritate
Avoid Chewy Foods Chewy or crunchy foods can be irritating for people with bruxism.
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Carrie Madormo, Rn, Mph, Verywell Health, 26 Mar. 2025
Depp overloads on his irritating brand of wide-eyed whimsy, and a miscast Sacha Baron Cohen inexplicably sounds like Werner Herzog as the personification of Time.
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—Josh Bell, Vulture, 21 Mar. 2025
Gentle Foaming Moisturizing Wash is a favorite among derms and editors for its milky-creamy formula that cleanses deeply without irritating.
—Annie Blackman, Allure, 20 Mar. 2025
First, coffee is significantly more acidic than matcha, which can irritate some people's stomachs or cause heartburn.
—Sohaib Imtiaz, Verywell Health, 26 Mar. 2025
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Carrie Madormo, Rn, Mph, Verywell Health, 26 Mar. 2025
Depp overloads on his irritating brand of wide-eyed whimsy, and a miscast Sacha Baron Cohen inexplicably sounds like Werner Herzog as the personification of Time.
22.
—Josh Bell, Vulture, 21 Mar. 2025
Gentle Foaming Moisturizing Wash is a favorite among derms and editors for its milky-creamy formula that cleanses deeply without irritating.
—Annie Blackman, Allure, 20 Mar. 2025
First, coffee is significantly more acidic than matcha, which can irritate some people's stomachs or cause heartburn.
—Sohaib Imtiaz, Verywell Health, 26 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for irritate
Verb
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Waltz now has a bunch of top officials, and their teams, who are annoyed at him for drawing bad publicity.—
Marc Caputo,
Axios,
25 Mar. 2025
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However, standing in the middle of a road to capture the Eiffel Tower in the background is not only unsafe but can also annoy locals.—
Rebecca Ann Hughes,
Forbes,
16 Mar. 2025
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Some people may have been scratching their heads when kids started screaming and crying after seeing a pig wearing a crown; With zombie pig men and skeleton archers riding spiders, why would this specific creature elicit such a guttural reaction?—
Issy van der Velde,
Rolling Stone,
9 Apr. 2025
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Patrick Golz purchased a pair of $1,000,000 Gold Rush tickets, worth $50 each, and won the $1 million grand prize after scratching the second ticket, the Virginia Lottery said in an April 8 news release.—
Natalie Demaree,
Miami Herald,
8 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Because Congress never bothered to write a law to establish it.—
Jay Cost,
The Washington Examiner,
28 Mar. 2025
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Chicago Bears - Will Campbell, OL, LSU Will Campbell has fallen a bit due to his shorter arm length, but that likely won't bother Ben Johnson.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Set up your agent to scrape competitor data, log changes to a spreadsheet, and send you only the high-impact alerts.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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On Tuesday, the Wikimedia Foundation announced that relentless AI scraping is putting strain on Wikipedia's servers.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
2 Apr. 2025
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Ema then asks the question that’s been bugging her—why hasn’t Leo’s body been found?—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Ferrell bugs his eyes out and sighs a series of increasingly desperate spit-takes, but this project was probably doomed from the get-go.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
4 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Privately, Republicans in the Legislature have chafed at the measure, said Tyler Powell, a Republican political consultant in Oklahoma.—
J. David Goodman,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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It's also given Zuckerberg a way to loudly hit back at a Biden administration that revived the lawsuit — and the confidence to scrap content moderation and workplace culture policies that appear to have privately chafed him for years.—
Dan Primack,
Axios,
17 Jan. 2025
Verb
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The Roman authorities persecuted Christians harshly, subjecting them to torture and deaths even more gruesome than crucifixion.—
Judith Shulevitz,
The Atlantic,
1 Apr. 2025
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The former president has repeatedly denied wrongdoing and says he's being politically persecuted.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
27 Mar. 2025
Verb
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She was charged with manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, assault, reckless driving, aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, failure to yield to a red light and speeding, cops said.—
Leonard Greene,
New York Daily News,
1 Apr. 2025
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Second baseman Gleyber Torres rested his sore ribs on Saturday after aggravating the area with a home-run swing the previous day.—
Joe Guillen,
Axios,
1 Apr. 2025
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“Irritate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/irritate. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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