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Meanings of irritant in English
Substance that acts locally on cutaneous or mucosal surfaces to produce inflammation.
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Examples for "irritating"
Examples for "irritating"
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For five minutes they discussed Blomkvist's shortcomings in the most irritating terms.
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Sabina smiled, pleased that he found their situation amusing rather than irritating.
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The man in question would have no idea how irritating it was.
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The two-second delay on the line, that irritating echo, didn't help matters.
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Some people find them drying and irritating because they often contain alcohol.
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And this seemed a good outcome; irritants removed, the populist rage rewarded.
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Airborne irritants, or allergens, are foreign proteins from plants, animals or chemicals.
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Silymarin also blocked neutrophil accumulation into the ear induced by these irritants.
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Driving the company off the public market would remove many of these irritants.
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There are four main causes of conjunctivitis: viruses, bacteria, environmental irritants and allergies.
Usage of irritant in English
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But violence from organized crime remains an irritant in the bilateral relationship.
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The early messing about 'fiscal space' was an irritant, and largely self-inflicted.
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Nitrogen dioxide is an irritant gas, emitted from diesel vehicles in particular.
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Excess levels of the irritant methanol were found instead, Mr McConalogue said.
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First, diarrhea is your body's way of ridding itself of an irritant.
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Allergic and irritant contact dermatitis are similar clinically, histologically and on immunohistochemistry.
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The direct cause of inflammation is usually an irritant of some form.
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But the very sight of Brinnaria was to her an irritant tonic.
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It is a valuable counter-irritant in peritonitis, bronchitis, pneumonia, lumbago, pleurodynia, etc.
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Well, it turns out that onions contain a chemical irritant called syn-propanethial-S-oxide.
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And I will never again think of him as a petty irritant.
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If this were meant as an irritant, it did not act successfully.
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Keith's dick was so small, it registered only as a mild irritant.
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Adams spoke up, in what was becoming an irritant to Matthew's ears.
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The additive is not a skin irritant but is a dermal sensitiser.
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The fleeting images are like cinders in the eyes, a constant irritant.
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Spanish
Irritant through the time
Irritant across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common