Irritating - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈɪrɪteɪtɪŋ|
Brit.
|ˈɪrɪteɪtɪŋ|
adjective
- causing irritation or annoyance (syn: annoying, bothersome, pesky, pestiferous, plaguy, teasing, vexatious, vexing)
- causing physical discomfort (syn: painful)
an irritating delay
- (used of physical stimuli) serving to stimulate or excite (syn: irritative)- causing physical discomfort (syn: painful)
bites of black flies are more than irritating; they can be very painful
Extra examples
It's irritating to see them waste so much time.
He's the most irritating man I've ever met.
He was smiling in a way I found very irritating.
She has an irritating habit of interrupting.
This is so irritating I could scream.
...he's an irritating brag whose sense of selfhood is defined by what he owns...
You need someone to help you cut through all the irritating legal jargon.
I found his eccentricities amusing rather than irritating.
...the director of the opera company has a haughty demeanor that can be irritating...
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