irritate
Example Sentences
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The move irritated some members of the Black Panther organisation, who in the 1960s had used the term to describe an alliance between activists groups in Chicago.
From BBC
Tina says there's also a fine line between refreshing and overdoing it as "very aggressive ice exposure can irritate sensitive skin or trigger rosacea, so keep it gentle".
From BBC
So instead of being better than their neighbors to the north, the Americans leaned into being meaner, heavier and generally more irritating.
We're all talking about it, it's generating masses of viral content, and all the fans we spoke to said they'd still be watching the film - no matter how irritated they were by its press campaign.
From BBC
He grows irritated when I ask who he has in mind.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
