·adj Excited; heightened.
II. Irritate ·vt To render null and void.
III. Irritate ·vt To produce irritation in; to Stimulate; to cause to contract. ·see Irritation, ·noun, 2.
IV. Irritate ·vt To increase the action or violence of; to heighten excitement in; to Intensify; to Stimulate.
V. Irritate ·noun To make morbidly excitable, or oversensitive; to Fret; as, the skin is irritated by friction; to irritate a wound by a coarse bandage.
VI. Irritate ·vt To excite anger or displeasure in; to Provoke; to Tease; to Exasperate; to Annoy; to Vex; as, the insolence of a tyrant irritates his subjects.