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irritation.

The act of irritating or annoying.

10 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˌɪɹ.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən/UK/ˌɪɹ.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən/US/ˌɪɹ.əˈteɪ.ʃən/US/ˌiɹ.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən/
  1. The act of irritating or annoying.

    countable · uncountable
    What irritation causes you to be so moody?
  2. The state of being irritated.

    countable · uncountable
  3. A thing or person that annoys.

    countable · uncountable
  4. A state of inflammation or of painful reaction to cell or tissue damage.

    countable · uncountable
  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.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Middle French irritation, from Latin irrītātiō, from irrītāre (“to excite”). By surface analysis, irritate + -ion.

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