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My ultimate vocation in life is to be an irritant.
Elvis Costello

Meaning of "irritant" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF IRRITANT

irritant  [ˈɪrɪtənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF IRRITANT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Irritant can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES IRRITANT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of irritant in the English dictionary

The definition of irritant in the dictionary is causing irritation; irritating. Other definition of irritant is something irritant.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH IRRITANT


abirritant
æbˈɪrɪtənt
annuitant
əˈnjuːɪtənt
blatant
ˈbleɪtənt
competent
ˈkɒmpɪtənt
concomitant
kənˈkɒmɪtənt
counterirritant
ˌkaʊntərˈɪrɪtənt
excitant
ɪkˈsaɪtənt
exorbitant
ɪɡˈzɔːbɪtənt
habitant
ˈhæbɪtənt
hesitant
ˈhɛzɪtənt
incompetent
ɪnˈkɒmpɪtənt
inhabitant
ɪnˈhæbɪtənt
intermittent
ˌɪntəˈmɪtənt
latent
ˈleɪtənt
militant
ˈmɪlɪtənt
nonirritant
ˌnɒnˈɪrɪtənt
palpitant
ˈpælpɪtənt
penitent
ˈpɛnɪtənt
supernatant
ˌsuːpəˈneɪtənt
visitant
ˈvɪzɪtənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE IRRITANT

irrigation system
irrigational
irrigative
irrigator
irriguous
irrision
irrisory
irritability
irritable
irritable bowel syndrome
irritableness
irritably
irritancy
irritate
irritated
irritating
irritatingly
irritation
irritative
irritator

WORDS THAT END LIKE IRRITANT

assistant
cohabitant
concubitant
crepitant
equitant
incapacitant
incitant
incogitant
infinitant
latitant
nonmilitant
oscitant
precipitant
regurgitant
rehabilitant
resuscitant
revisitant
solicitant
strepitant
ultramilitant
volitant

Synonyms and antonyms of irritant in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «IRRITANT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «irritant» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of irritant

Translation of «irritant» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF IRRITANT

Find out the translation of irritant to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of irritant from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «irritant» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

让人恼火的事
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

fastidio
570 millions of speakers

English

irritant
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अड़चन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

إزعاج
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

раздражающее
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

irritante
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

যন্ত্রণাদায়ক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

source d´irritation
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Merengsa
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Ärgernis
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

いらだたせるもの
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

신경을 거스르는 것
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Irritant
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chất kích thích
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

எரிச்சலூட்டும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चीड आणणारा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tahriş edici
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

seccatura
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

drażniący
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

подразнюючу
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

iritant
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ερεθιστικό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

irriterend
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

irriterande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

irritasjons
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of irritant

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «IRRITANT»

The term «irritant» is quite widely used and occupies the 41.911 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «IRRITANT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «irritant» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «irritant» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about irritant

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4 QUOTES WITH «IRRITANT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word irritant.
1
Peter Bart
It's only in relatively recent years that Hollywood became the playground of multinational corporations which regard movies and TV shows as a minor irritant to their overall activity.
2
Ken Burns
Like a layer on a pearl, you can't specifically identify the irritant, the moment of the irritant, but at the end of the day, you know you have a pearl.
3
Whittaker Chambers
It is popular to call it a crisis of the Western world. It is in fact a crisis of the whole world. Communism, which claims to be a solution of the crisis, is itself a symptom and an irritant of the crisis.
4
Elvis Costello
My ultimate vocation in life is to be an irritant.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «IRRITANT»

Discover the use of irritant in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to irritant and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Irritant Contact Dermatitis Syndrome
This book covers a broad range of topics on irritant contact dermatitis, skin irritation, and skin irritants. Many different irritants cause different reactions in different skin types.
Pieter G. M. van der Valk, Howard I. Maibach, 1996
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Irritant Dermatitis
the Tropics The common sources of irritant contact dermatitis in the tropics are the metal and engineering indus— try, the catering/food industry and the hairdressing occupations. The common irritants include cutting fluids, water, acids/ alkali, ...
Ai-Lean Chew, Howard I. Maibach, 2006
3
Textbook of Contact Dermatitis
Introduction Irritant contact dermatitis is an eczematous reaction in the skin of external origin. In contrast to allergic contact dermatitis, no eliciting allergens can be identified. The spectrum of irritant reactions is broad and includes: subjective ...
Richard J. G. Rycroft, 2001
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Segnius Irritant: Or Eight Primitive Folk-Lore Stories
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Karel Jarom Erben, 2012
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Living Allergy Free: How to Create and Maintain an Allergen- ...
In this commonsense book, Dr. Gershwin and Dr. Klingelhofer offer sensible, practical strategies for identifying the substances that cause allergies (allergens), the symptoms they cause, ways exposure to allergens can be avoided or reduced, ...
M. Eric Gershwin, Edwin Klingelhofer, 2012
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Dermatotoxicology, Sixth Edition
11.1 CLINICAL ASPECTS Irritation, or irritant dermatitis, previously considered a monomorphous process, is now understood to be a complex biologic syndrome, with a diverse pathophysiology, natural history, and clinical appearance. Thus ...
Hongbo Zhai, Howard I. Maibach, 2004
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Contact Dermatitis
Table 2.5 Causal components in irritant contact dermatitis underlying mechanism of this interindividual variability and of the different phenotypes is poorly understood. It is possibly genetically determined [185]. Genetic factors examined in ...
Jeanne Duus Johansen, Peter J. Frosch, Jean-Pierre Lepoittevin, 2010
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The Netter Collection of Medical Illustrations - ...
Irritant contact dermatitis is one of the most commonly encountered dermatoses in the dermatology clinic. Its true incidence is unknown. Irritant contact dermatitis can be caused by a multitude of factors, and the morphology of its appearance ...
Bryan . Anderson, 2012
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The Netter Collection of Medical Illustrations - ...
Irritant contact dermatitis is one of the most commonly encountered dermatoses in the dermatology clinic. Its true incidence is unknown. Irritant contact dermatitis can be caused by a multitude of factors, and the morphology of its appearance ...
Bryan E. Anderson, 2012
10
Hayes' Handbook of Pesticide Toxicology
This peculiar type of irritant dermatitis occurs after acute trauma to the skin ( Mathias, 1988). It may mimic cumulative irritant dermatitis or may present as nummular (coinshaped) erythematous patches and plaques (Welfriend and Maibach, ...
‎2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «IRRITANT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term irritant is used in the context of the following news items.
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Madison firefighters clear home of irritant; nobody hurt - Madison.com
An irritant in the air of a home on the city's West Side brought out Madison firefighters, with nobody hurt and the hazardous materials team able ... «Madison.com, Jul 15»
2
Once a cult compound, now world's biggest Young Life camp - Local …
... are rugged individuals who have weathered baking temperatures, middle-of-the-night calvings and the biggest irritant of all — the Bhagwan ... «East Oregonian, Jul 15»
3
Samsung scores a victory for South Korea's succession tradition …
Whatever the legal outcome, Elliott's continuing defiance will be an irritant to Samsung and the Lee family. Its protest—a rare challenge by a ... «The Economist, Jul 15»
4
Analysis: Fighting hardcore BDS will take more than effective PR …
What had been a secondary irritant on the back burner suddenly took center stage. And, after biting the bullet for six years since his return to ... «Jerusalem Post Israel News, Jul 15»
5
Tuscaloosa police request DOJ review of Anthony Ware arrest - WVTM
After leading police on a foot chase, Ware was sprayed with an irritant similar to pepper spray and collapsed shortly afterward. «WVTM13, Jul 15»
6
ISIS Has Fired Chemical Mortar Shells, Evidence Indicates
The odor, he said, was strong, unfamiliar and soon became a painful irritant. "It smelled like a spicy onion smell," he said. "It was strange; it ... «AINA, Jul 15»
7
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Suicide by poison, subdivided by types of poison, such as corrosive, irritant, systemic, gaseous, narcotic, alkaloid, protein, and so forth; suicide ... «Palm Beach Post, Jul 15»
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FDA OKs Epiduo Forte Gel for Acne - Medscape
Erythema, scaling, dryness, stinging/burning, and irritant and allergic contact dermatitis may occur with Epiduo Forte, requiring discontinuation ... «Medscape, Jul 15»
9
Opinion: Labor trampling democratic ideals of accountability and …
IRRITANT OF THE WEEK. BERNARD Tomic, who was arrested after a drunken party. The Gold Coast tennis player confirms suspicions abroad ... «Courier Mail, Jul 15»
10
Green Chemistry Awards take notice of plastics players | Plastics News
The Daly City, Calif., company's patented PU-based coatings and paint products do not use any isocyanates, an irritant and asthma trigger for ... «Plastics News, Jul 15»

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