Crossword clues for irritating
irritating
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
irritating \irritating\ adj.
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causing annoyance.
Syn: annoying, galling, chafing, nettlesome, pesky, pestiferous, pestilent, plaguy, plaguey, teasing, vexatious, vexing.
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causing irritation of living tissue; -- used of physical stimuli.
Syn: irritant, irritative.
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causing pain or physical discomfort; as, an irritating burr under his stocking.
Syn: painful.
Wiktionary
1 Causing irritation, annoyance or pain. 2 stimulate or excite a response. v
(present participle of irritate English)
WordNet
adj. causing irritation or annoyance; "tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork"; "aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport"; "found it galling to have to ask permission"; "an irritating delay"; "nettlesome paperwork"; "a pesky mosquito"; "swarms of pestering gnats"; "a plaguey newfangled safety catch"; "a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him"; "a vexatious child"; "it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong" [syn: annoying, bothersome, galling, nettlesome, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, plaguy, plaguey, teasing, vexatious, vexing]
(used of physical stimuli) serving to stimulate or excite; "an irritative agent" [syn: irritative]
causing physical discomfort; "bites of black flies are more than irritating; they can be very painful" [syn: painful]
Usage examples of "irritating".
But, even with so much to do, the continual delays in convening the CIS hearing were irritating and nerve-racking.
She grunted, cancelling that irritating consideration as she continued across the floor to the inner office Lars was deep in contemplation of whatever was on his desk screen.
She was becoming frustrated with the bureaucratic jumble, smelling a delaying technique, and an irritating one at that.
Specldessly clean, as usual, perfectly groomed, he still had a hangdog tentative quality that she found almost as irritating as his former blithe certainty.
In fact, if Teron hadn't been such an irritating dolt, the Xixon creature would never have got into the main cabin.
And it was also true that she would rather perform the Singularity transformations that carried them through decomposition space without the irritating distraction of these .
He's intelligent and he notices things, but that makes it more irritating, not less.
Aragiz knelt in quivering tension and the smell of his rage was musky, irritating to Belazir.
He had previously mentioned to Peter that Watari's persnickety notions were irritating but he ran a tight Base.
The old fellow tends to fall asleep and great tact is required to keep from irritating or humiliating Guz, neither of which temper keeps Procyon operating smoothly.
And where were Rimbol and that irritating, twitchy young man, that Shillawn something?
He made a successful adaptation with the spore, considering the transition illness to be only some irritating infection.
And deliberately irritating Elder Ampris with her persnickety manipulations.
It had long since stopped irritating her that she couldn't remember where she lived in the great cube of the Heptite Guild.
The sound was one that was particularly irritating to Cattem ears and was guaranteed to let them escape while their would-be assailant was battered by the noise.