irritating

Meanings

Verb

• cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
• excite to an abnormal condition, or chafe or inflame
• excite to some characteristic action or condition, such as motion, contraction, or nervous impulse, by the application of a stimulus
• present participle and gerund of irritate

Adjective Satellite

• causing irritation or annoyance
  • "an irritating delay"
• (used of physical stimuli) serving to stimulate or excite
• causing physical discomfort
  • "bites of black flies are more than irritating; they can be very painful"

Adj

• Causing irritation, annoyance or pain.
• Stimulating or exciting a response.

Synonyms

annoy, annoying, bother, bothersome, chafe, devil, galling, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, irritative, nark, nettle, nettlesome, painful, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, plaguey, plaguy, rag, rile, teasing, vex, vexatious, vexing

Antonyms

soothe