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ir·ri·tant

(ĭr′ĭ-tənt)

adj.

Causing irritation, especially physical irritation.

A source of irritation: tobacco smoke, a common eye irritant.

[French, from Latin irrītāns, irrītant-, present participle of irrītāre, to irritate.]

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irritant

(ˈɪrɪtənt)

adj

causing irritation; irritating

something irritant

ˈirritancy n

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ir•ri•tant

(ˈɪr ɪ tnt)

adj.

1. tending to cause irritation; irritating.

2. anything that irritates.

3. a biological, chemical, or physical agent that stimulates a characteristic function or elicits a response, esp. an inflammatory response.

[1630–40; < Latin]

ir′ri•tan•cy, n.

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Noun

irritant - something that causes irritation and annoyance; "he's a thorn in my flesh"

thorn

bother, botheration, pain in the neck, infliction, annoyance, pain - something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness; "washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washer"; "a bit of a bother"; "he's not a friend, he's an infliction"

irritant

adjective irritation, nuisance, annoyance, pain (informal), drag (informal), tease, pest, provocation, gall, goad, aggravation (informal), pain in the neck (informal), pain in the arse (taboo informal), thorn in your flesh He said the issue was not a major irritant.

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irritant

noun

Something that annoys:

aggravation, annoyance, besetment, bother, irritation, nuisance, peeve, plague, torment, vexation.

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irritant

[ˈɪrɪtənt] N (Med) → agente m irritante (fig) → molestia f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

ir·ri·tant

n. irritante, agente que causa irritación.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

irritant

n irritante m, agente m irritante

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