Meaning & use
irritated
Feeling annoyed or slightly angry, or, of skin or a body part, sore and inflamed.
See it in a sentence
He grew irritated waiting nearly an hour for the delayed train.
The new detergent left her skin looking red and irritated.
A note on using this word
Irritated covers both a mild emotional annoyance and a physical, medical sense describing sore or inflamed skin, so context determines which meaning applies.
Words with a similar meaning
annoyedinflamed
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Words with an opposite meaning
calmsoothed
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