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Monopoly may also end in tears, but its tensions are cruder, lacking the infinitely subtle shadings of irritation and acrimony provided by Scrabble.
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Meaning of "irritation" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF IRRITATION

irritation  [ˌɪrɪˈteɪʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF IRRITATION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Irritation is a noun.
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.

WHAT DOES IRRITATION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

irritation

Irritation

Irritation or exacerbation, in biology and physiology, is a state of inflammation or painful reaction to allergy or cell-lining damage. A stimulus or agent which induces the state of irritation is an irritant. Irritants are typically thought of as chemical agents but mechanical, thermal, and radiative stimuli can also be irritants. Irritation also has non-clinical usages referring to bothersome physical or psychological pain or discomfort. Irritation may also be induced by some allergic response due to exposure of some allergens for example contact dermatitis, irritation of mucousal membranes and pruritis.Mucosal membrane is most common site of irritation because it contains secretory glands that release mucous which attracts the allergens due to its sticky nature. Chronic irritation is a medical term signifying that afflictive health conditions have been present for a while. There are many disorders that can cause chronic irritation, the majority involves the skin, vagina, eyes and lungs.

Definition of irritation in the English dictionary

The definition of irritation in the dictionary is something that irritates. Other definition of irritation is the act of irritating or the condition of being irritated.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH IRRITATION


accreditation
əˌkrɛdɪˈteɪʃən
adaptation
ˌædəpˈteɪʃən
alimentation
ˌælɪmɛnˈteɪʃən
citation
saɪˈteɪʃən
consultation
ˌkɒnsəlˈteɪʃən
documentation
ˌdɒkjʊmɛnˈteɪʃən
excitation
ˌɛksɪˈteɪʃən
hesitation
ˌhɛzɪˈteɪʃən
implementation
ˌɪmplɪmenˈteɪʃən
interpretation
ɪnˌtɜːprɪˈteɪʃən
invitation
ˌɪnvɪˈteɪʃən
limitation
ˌlɪmɪˈteɪʃən
meditation
ˌmɛdɪˈteɪʃən
orientation
ˌɔːrɪɛnˈteɪʃən
presentation
ˌprɛzənˈteɪʃən
rehabilitation
ˌriːəˌbɪlɪˈteɪʃən
representation
ˌrɛprɪzɛnˈteɪʃən
reputation
ˌrɛpjʊˈteɪʃən
rotation
rəʊˈteɪʃən
transportation
ˌtrænspɔːˈteɪʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE IRRITATION

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE IRRITATION

action
administration
animation
application
association
certification
combination
communication
confirmation
conversation
corporation
creation
decoration
destination
duration
education
evaluation
federation
formation
foundation
generation

Synonyms and antonyms of irritation in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «IRRITATION»

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

Translation of «irritation» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF IRRITATION

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

Translator English - Chinese

恼怒
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

irritación
570 millions of speakers

English

irritation
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

जलन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تهيج
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

раздражение
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

irritação
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উপদ্রব
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

irritation
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kerengsaan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Ärger
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

いらだち
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

짜증
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Gangguan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

kích thích
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

எரிச்சல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चिडून
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tahriş
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

irritazione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

podrażnienie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

роздратування
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

iritație
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ερεθισμός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

irritasie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

irritation
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

irritasjon
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of irritation

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «IRRITATION»

The term «irritation» is very widely used and occupies the 22.274 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «IRRITATION» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «irritation» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «irritation» 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 irritation

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10 QUOTES WITH «IRRITATION»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word irritation.
1
Gordon W. Allport
To a considerable degree, all minority groups suffer from the same state of marginality with its haunting consequences of insecurity, conflict, and irritation.
2
Craig Brown
Monopoly may also end in tears, but its tensions are cruder, lacking the infinitely subtle shadings of irritation and acrimony provided by Scrabble.
3
Craig Brown
Somewhere in the back of their minds, hosts and guests alike know that the dinner party is a source of untold irritation, and that even the dullest evening spent watching television is preferable.
4
Kurt Cobain
My body is damaged from music in two ways. I have a red irritation in my stomach. It's psychosomatic, caused by all the anger and the screaming. I have scoliosis, where the curvature of your spine is bent, and the weight of my guitar has made it worse. I'm always in pain, and that adds to the anger in our music.
5
Whoopi Goldberg
I don't have pet peeves; I have whole kennels of irritation.
6
Simon Hoggart
Kind 'Guardian' readers have been forwarding me round robin Christmas newsletters for years now: lengthy missives full of perfect children, exotic holidays, talented pets and endless, tedious detail. The notes that accompanied them revealed they had inspired in the original recipients everything from mild irritation to absolute rage.
7
Horace
The one who cannot restrain their anger will wish undone, what their temper and irritation prompted them to do.
8
Ashley Montagu
Girls marry for love. Boys marry because of a chronic irritation that causes them to gravitate in the direction of objects with certain curvilinear properties.
9
Randy Newman
My music has a high irritation factor. I've always tried to say something. Eccentric lyrics about eccentric people. Often it was a joke. But I would plead guilty on the grounds that I prefer eccentricity to the bland.
10
Ruth Ozeki
When I'm writing a novel, which is what I like to write, I get up early, sit zazen, make a pot of green tea. I wear wrist cuffs to keep my wrists warm and minimize irritation from extended contact with the surface of my desk. I sit down and write.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «IRRITATION»

Discover the use of irritation in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to irritation and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Pearls: From Irritation to Beauty
Contains many controversial ideas concerning what is constructive or destructive in human relationships.These have been the consequence of 45 years of both personal and psychiatric experience.
Roy Mendelsohn, 2000
2
World of Norm 2: May Cause Irritation
What's the point in going for a walk - except to get from A to B?! Jonathan Meres follows up May Contain Nuts with another laugh-out-loud story about Norm, a boy who can't understand why everything always seems unfair.
Jonathan Meres, 2012
3
E-HRM-- Innovation Or Irritation?: An Exploration of ...
An exploration of web-based human resource management in large companies
Huub Ruël, Tatyana V. Bondarouk, J. C. Looise, 2004
4
100 Questions & Answers About Crohns Disease and Ulcerative ...
As with hemorrhoids, treatment is aimed at improving the underlying bowel disorder. Local therapy with creams and ointments may also be used. 46.I go to the bathroom so much that I get a lot of itching and irritation.What can I do to treat this?
Andrew S. Warner, Amy E. Barto, 2010
5
Drug Discovery and Evaluation: Safety and Pharmacokinetic ...
A standardized procedure for evaluating the irritation potential of new chemicals in man as a replacement for the Draize rabbit test has been proposed. The method has been tested in several different laboratories and results seem to be ...
H. Gerhard Vogel, 2006
6
Dermatotoxicology Methods: The Laboratory Worker's Ready ...
Many authors have defined skin irritation as a chemically induced skin inflammatory response not produced by activated T lymphocytes or antibodies. This definition does not reflect the range of skin damage and change in function that have ...
Francis N. Marzulli, Howard I. Maibach, 1998
7
Swallow Irritation: Before Irritation Swallows You
In this book the author becomes a teacher, an understanding counsellor, a loving mentor and a wise spiritual preceptor who takes you by the hand and shows you that all problems are soluble, all obstacles are surmountable, that stress and ...
J. P. Vaswani, 2006
8
Injectable Drug Development: Techniques to Reduce Pain and ...
Filled with strategies to minimize the adverse effects of injectable drugs, this book provides the scientific background and techniques required to evaluate parenteral formulations with respect to their potential to cause pain, irritation, ...
Pramod K. Gupta, Gayle A. Brazeau, 1999
9
Handbook of Fillers, Extenders, and Diluents
Sparwite®W-20HB cause irritation to respiratory tract; skin and eye contact may cause abrasion irritation Sparwite®W-20HB [Dynatec] Chem. Descrip.: Barium sulfate Chem. Analysis: BaSO4 (94%), moisture (0.06%) CAS 7727-43-7; ...
Michael Ash, Irene Ash, 2007
10
The Basis of Toxicity Testing
A. Primary Irritation A primary irritant is a substance that, as the result of a direct cytotoxic effect, produces inflammatory changes in the skin characterized by the presence of inflammation, vesiculation, and necrosis. The methodology for ...
Donald J. Ecobichon, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «IRRITATION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term irritation is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The Best Skincare for Sensitive Skin - TV3 Xposé
Moisturizes while calming irritation. A 100% sterile skin care line formulated without preservatives or fragrances to offer complete tolerance and ... «TV3.ie, Jul 15»
2
Blue Jays' Bautista: 'I feel great right now' - Sportsnet.ca
“With the tightness comes restricted range of motion, with doing physical activity with restricted physical motion comes irritation and ... «Sportsnet.ca, Jul 15»
3
Horses can have allergic reactions, know the symptoms
... fluids to weep from the capillaries into the tissues, such as the eyes, nose, and skin. Horses will often snort in response to the irritation. «Alberta Express, Jul 15»
4
Alex Morgan undergoes knee surgery, out 3-4 weeks | OregonLive …
While the injury in her left knee was resolved, irritation in her right knee led to the need for her to undergo surgery. Morgan has dealt with a slew ... «OregonLive.com, Jul 15»
5
Friday's Sports In Brief | Miami Herald Miami Herald
... NWSL's Portland Thorns, underwent the procedure to remove a plica, or a small fold in the lining of the knee joint that was causing irritation. «Miami Herald, Jul 15»
6
No confirmed reports of toxic, invasive plant giant hogweed in …
Cow parsnip can cause light skin irritation. Recently, the New York Department of Conservation issued an alert to citizens warning them to not ... «Roanoke Times, Jul 15»
7
ISIS Has Fired Chemical Mortar Shells, Evidence Indicates
... said by telephone on Friday, and was leaking a liquid that emanated a powerful odor of chlorine and caused irritation to the airways and eyes ... «AINA, Jul 15»
8
Fábregas: As far as doctor's complication rates go, even a little info …
True, but my irritation stemmed from the fact that as health care consumers, we expect to be treated correctly all the time (not hopefully), ... «Tribune-Review, Jul 15»
9
School Bans Spicy Doritos 'Roulette' After Student Can't Breathe
“The cords can spasm and clamp down on themselves from the irritation, which can cause difficulty breathing. In turn, that can make a person ... «Yahoo Health, Jul 15»
10
Woman recalls kindness of others during 1000-mile hike - Statesville …
... weeks as she headed from Boone to Asheville — the scenery she was looking forward to admiring along the way was lost in her irritation. «Statesville Record & Landmark, Jul 15»

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