Definition of irritated
: subjected to irritation; especially : roughened, reddened, or inflamed by an irritant irritated eyes
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irritated viewers were bombarding the station with complaints about the game's delayed start
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Some politicians are irritated that the Rochester brewery, which receives state economic development funding, bought beer fermentation tanks from China that could have been produced in New York.
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Some politicians are irritated that a Rochester brewery receiving state economic development funding bought beer fermentation tanks from China that could have been produced in New York.
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The Pan Am pilots were also irritated that the KLM crew had decided at the last minute to refuel, and was blocking access to the runway.
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