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irritate | [in physiology] excite to some characteristic action or condition, such as motion, contraction, or nervous impulse, by the application of a stimulus | |
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irritate, provoke, rile | excite to an abnormal condition, or chafe or inflame | |
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bother, annoy, irritate, vex, rag, get to, chafe, gravel, nark, rile, devil, get at, nettle | cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations |