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IRRITATING
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Causing irritation or annoyance
Example:
it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong
Synonyms:
annoying; bothersome; galling; irritating; nettlesome; pesky; pestering; pestiferous; plaguey; plaguy; teasing; vexatious; vexing
Classified under:
Similar:
disagreeable (not to your liking)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Causing physical discomfort
Example:
bites of black flies are more than irritating; they can be very painful
Synonyms:
irritating; painful
Classified under:
Similar:
uncomfortable (providing or experiencing physical discomfort)
Sense 3
Meaning:
(used of physical stimuli) serving to stimulate or excite
Example:
an irritative agent
Synonyms:
irritating; irritative
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
stimulative (capable of arousing or accelerating physiological or psychological activity or response by a chemical agent)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb irritate
Context examples:
It may follow inhalation of irritating gases or foreign bodies and it complicates pneumonia.
(Bronchiolitis obliterans, NCI Thesaurus)
A petrolatum-based ointment absorbed by dry and moist skin, petrolatum-mineral oil-lanolin-ceresin ointment is non-comedogenic, non-irritating, and non-sensitizing.
(Petrolatum-Mineral Oil-Lanolin-Ceresin Ointment, NCI Thesaurus)
A volatile and flammable, clear, colorless, liquid, chlorinated cyclic ether with an irritating, chloroform-like odor that emits toxic fumes of hydrochloric acid and other chlorinated compounds when heated to decomposition.
(Epichlorohydrin, NCI Thesaurus)
A crystalline, colorless, toxic, solid chlorinated hydrocarbon with a camphor-like odor and emits toxic and irritating fumes when heated to decomposition.
(Hexachloroethane, NCI Thesaurus)
This substance is irritating to eyes and mucous membranes and emits toxic vapors of hydrochloric acid and other chlorinated compounds when heated to decomposition.
(Bis(chloromethyl) Ether, NCI Thesaurus)
Although its mechanism of action is unknown, pentosan polysulfate may act as a buffer to control cell permeability by preventing irritating solutes from reaching cells coated with it.
(Pentosan polysulfate, NCI Thesaurus)
In a concentrated form, it is toxic and irritating to tissues.
(Hydrogen peroxide, NCI Dictionary)
Factors that can cause eczema include other diseases, irritating substances, allergies and your genetic makeup.
(Eczema, NIH)
Exposure to basic fuchsin is irritating to the eyes and skin.
(Basic Fuchsin, NCI Thesaurus)
The virus has a two-fold effect, not only irritating fat cells and causing them to become inflamed, but also preventing them dying and being flushed away by the body.
(Scientists Find Virus Linked to Weight Gain, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
