Synonyms of irritated

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adjective

ˈir-ə-ˌtā-təd 

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
• irked
• disturbed
• indignant
• outraged
• troubled
• galled
• mad
• narked
• distressed
• scunnered
• perturbed
• sore
• irate
• put out
• inflamed
• riled
• resentful
• peevish
• fretful
• petulant
• snappish
• irascible
• ireful
• tortured
• provoked
• grumpy
• teed off
• cantankerous
• huffy
• steaming
• testy
• dyspeptic
• harassed
• grouchy
• tormented
• harried
• churlish
• bilious
• bristly
• rankled
• cross
• disapproving
• badgered
• shirty
• crabby
• snuffy
• choleric
• plagued
• persecuted
• tried
• piqued
• ill-humored
• tested
• touchy
• inconvenienced
• cranky
• hassled
• roiled
• pestered
• bedeviled
• fussy
• 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
• irked
• infuriated
• got
• peeved
• angered
• vexed
• worried
• riled
• nettled
• itched
• chafed
• ruffled
• grated
• griped
• ate
• burned (up)
• piqued
• galled
• got to
• insulted
• teased
• narked
• frosted
• plagued
• wore on
• rasped
• provoked
• hacked (off)
• put out
• upset
• spited
• enraged
• rubbed the wrong way
• harassed
• offended
• nagged
• got on one's nerves
• stuck in one's craw
• inflamed
• hassled
• agitated
• heckled
• set one's teeth on edge
• got one's goat
• roused
• incensed
• badgered
• unsettled
• harried
• pestered
• perturbed
• outraged
• antagonized
• distressed
• miffed
• disquieted
• maddened
• affronted
• rankled
• discomforted
• baited
• discomposed
• unhinged
• roiled
• deviled
• fretted
• exercised
• bullyragged
• freaked (out)
• 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
• chafed
• excoriated
• fretted
• abraded
• galled
• inflamed
• burned
• grazed
• peeled
• skinned
• flayed

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of irritated

Adjective

Shohei Ohtani went 0 for 4 with a pair of warning-track flyouts, five days after the four-time MVP had a lubricant injected into his irritated left knee. — ABC News, 17 July 2026

Symptoms of smoke inhalation include coughing, trouble breathing, wheezing, asthma attacks, stinging eyes, scratchy throat, runny nose and irritated sinuses, headaches, tiredness, chest pain and a fast heartbeat. — Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 17 July 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