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Meanings of irritated in English

Aroused to impatience or anger.

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      1
      That proposal irritated oil and gas producers, along with renewable energy firms.
      Reuters
      2
      This solution helps soothe irritated skin and may even prevent future breakouts.
      Jamaica Observer
      3
      He was really quite irritated that Bond had ignored his firearms form.
      Carte Blanche
      4
      When I saw these tweets, I immediately became irritated for several reasons.
      Ebony
      5
      Raff was a bit irritated with himself as he asked the question.
      Anthill: a novel
      6
      Howard was irritated to hear great Goon guffaws coming through the noise.
      Archer’s Goon
      7
      He was irritated now by the prospect of labor at the station.
      The Furnace of Gold
      8
      However, I become increasingly irritated by his negative obsession with the 1960s.
      The Irish Times
      9
      Leslie bit back her irritated reply and said only, It's not realistic.
      Ink Exchange
      10
      The Tánaiste almost got through the Order of Business without getting irritated.
      The Irish Times
      11
      The mere mention of the Jupiter missiles in Turkey irritated the president.
      One minute to midnight: kennedy, khrushchev, and castro on the b...
      12
      The Superintendent was plainly disturbed and irritated; irritated because surprised and puzzled.
      The Patrol of the Sun Dance Trail
      13
      The revolution in Paris had an electric effect upon the irritated Belgians.
      Germany from the Earliest Period, Volume 4
      14
      Water was running somewhere, splashing into the sink; the sound irritated him.
      Complete Books of Blood
      15
      Speaking in the midst of an irritated population of Catholics, the Rev.
      Culture and Anarchy
      16
      I remember feeling discombobulated, even irritated, by the production at the time.
      The Guardian
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