Synonyms of irritated

irritated 1 of 2

adjective

as in annoyed

subjected to and reacting with irritation

irritated viewers were bombarding the station with complaints about the game's delayed start

Synonyms & Similar Words

• annoyed
• bothered
• exasperated
• angry
• upset
• aggravated
• displeased
• irritable
• infuriated
• frustrated
• vexed
• peeved
• angered
• disturbed
• irked
• indignant
• outraged
• mad
• troubled
• galled
• narked
• distressed
• scunnered
• sore
• perturbed
• irate
• inflamed
• put out
• riled
• resentful
• peevish
• fretful
• petulant
• snappish
• enflamed
• irascible
• grumpy
• ireful
• teed off
• tortured
• provoked
• huffy
• cantankerous
• grouchy
• steaming
• testy
• dyspeptic
• harassed
• tormented
• harried
• cross
• churlish
• bilious
• bristly
• disapproving
• rankled
• badgered
• crabby
• shirty
• hassled
• choleric
• snuffy
• touchy
• plagued
• persecuted
• tried
• piqued
• ill-humored
• tested
• inconvenienced
• roiled
• cranky
• fussy
• pestered
• bedeviled
• bearish
• pinpricked
• haggled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• pleased
• happy
• satisfied
• content
• delighted
• calm
• serene
• placid
• tranquil
• peaceable
• pacific

irritated

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verb

past tense of irritate

1

as in bothered

to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts

constant chatter irritated the student, who was trying to concentrate on a hard assignment

Synonyms & Similar Words

• annoyed
• bothered
• bugged
• persecuted
• aggravated
• exasperated
• got
• infuriated
• irked
• angered
• peeved
• vexed
• worried
• riled
• nettled
• itched
• chafed
• grated
• ate
• ruffled
• griped
• burned (up)
• burnt (up)
• insulted
• teased
• piqued
• galled
• got to
• plagued
• frosted
• narked
• provoked
• wore on
• rasped
• upset
• hacked (off)
• put out
• spited
• enraged
• harassed
• offended
• rubbed the wrong way
• vext
• nagged
• got on one's nerves
• stuck in one's craw
• agitated
• inflamed
• hassled
• heckled
• set one's teeth on edge
• roused
• got one's goat
• incensed
• badgered
• enflamed
• unsettled
• harried
• outraged
• perturbed
• pestered
• discomforted
• antagonized
• distressed
• miffed
• disquieted
• maddened
• affronted
• rankled
• baited
• discomposed
• unhinged
• roiled
• deviled
• exercised
• fretted
• bullyragged
• freaked (out)
• ballyragged
• devilled
• undid
• hagrode

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• obliged
• appeased
• pleased
• mollified
• pacified
• delighted
• satisfied
• gratified
• placated
• assured
• reassured
• comforted
• conciliated
• propitiated
• contented
• soothed
• cheered
• quieted
• gladdened
• consoled
• solaced

2

as in scratched

to make sore by continued rubbing

new shoes usually irritate my feet

Synonyms & Similar Words

• scratched
• scraped
• excoriated
• chafed
• burnt
• abraded
• galled
• fretted
• inflamed
• burned
• grazed
• peeled
• skinned
• enflamed
• flayed