IRRITATED Synonyms: 169 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

ˈir-ə-ˌtā-təd

Definition of irritated

as in annoyed

subjected to and reacting with irritation irritated viewers were bombarding the station with complaints about the game's delayed start

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irritated

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verb

past tense of irritate

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

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as in scratched

to make sore by continued rubbing new shoes usually irritate my feet

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Recent Examples of irritated

Adjective

Azaria was not the only one irritated at Swift’s Game 4 courtside presence. — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 16 June 2026 The study also found that participants became frustrated with Pepper for reasons similar to those that make people irritated with overly competitive friends or family members during board games. — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 12 June 2026

Verb

It is expected that Mourinho will try to tighten control over leaks concerning internal dressing-room matters, something that has irritated the club this season — and which Alonso sought to tackle. — Guillermo Rai, New York Times, 29 May 2026 Even though the calf irritated him over the weekend, the ankle is still the primary problem. — Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 27 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for irritated

Recent Examples of Synonyms for irritated

Adjective

Hardin is more amused than annoyed, particularly given the origin of the FTD Burger.

— Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026
Still, Pochettino’s tone indicated he was still annoyed to have lost.

— Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 26 June 2026

Definition of annoyed

Verb

The problem Databento is solving has bothered anyone who has ever tried to get institutional-grade market data.

— Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 9 July 2026
There was a stretch of my adolescence, sometime in the early 2000s, when I was quietly convinced my life was a television show and no one had bothered to tell me.

— Alli Kushner, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

Definition of bothered

Verb

Bubic made two rehab starts in Triple-A Omaha, didn’t feel right after the second one (on June 27) and was scratched from his next start.

— Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 6 July 2026
The Shawano-Menominee Counties Health Department advised anyone bitten or scratched by a bat or other wild animal to promptly clean the wound with soap and water, then contact a physician or go to the emergency room.

— Kelli Arseneau, USA Today, 1 July 2026

Definition of scratched

Adjective

Lopez gets calls from exasperated merchants dealing with vandalism and with people blocking their storefronts.

— Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
For a variety of reasons that weren’t immediately entirely clear, there was a comprehensive and fundamental breakdown in access to the stadium that left many exasperated or furious.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 17 June 2026

Definition of exasperated

Verb

The group alleged that as well as hacking their phones, journalists from the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday tapped landlines and bugged houses and cars.

— K.J. Yossman, Variety, 7 July 2026
When Riley returned to the table, La La told me that his high profile in the city sometimes bugged her, because fans were always interrupting them, even sitting down at their table.

— Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 17 May 2026

Definition of bugged

Verb

If the white finish has been scraped away or the leather has visible scratches, cleaning alone won’t completely restore the area.

— Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 9 July 2026
Among the billions of images in the dataset on which Stable Diffusion was trained were millions of photographs and other visual works scraped from the stock photography website Getty Images.

— Zoey Forbes, The Dial, 7 July 2026

Definition of scraped

Adjective

Bowles told jurors Millete was angry at May over her yearlong affair with another man and likely poisoned her with the toxic plant hemlock.

— Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 July 2026
Yet over our two days together in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, El-Sayed rarely comes across as angry.

— Nik Popli, Time, 8 July 2026

Definition of angry

Verb

The Washington Principles also recognize that many sales of artwork by Jews during the Nazi era occurred while they were being persecuted, or under duress.

— Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 29 June 2026
Representatives of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine have been persecuted.

— Mark Temnycky, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026

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