Irritant
noun
Something that causes discomfort or annoyance.
Loud noises can be a irritant to someone trying to concentrate.
noun
A substance that causes slight inflammation or other discomfort to the body.
Capsaicin, the compound that makes chili peppers spicy, is an irritant to the skin and eyes.
Often appears as...
- skin irritant
- respiratory irritant
adjective
Causing irritation or annoyance.
His constant chatter was highly irritant.
noun
Something that causes discomfort or annoyance.
Loud noises can be a irritant to someone trying to concentrate.
noun
A substance that causes slight inflammation or other discomfort to the body.
Capsaicin, the compound that makes chili peppers spicy, is an irritant to the skin and eyes.
Often appears as...
- skin irritant
- respiratory irritant
adjective
Causing irritation or annoyance.
His constant chatter was highly irritant.
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Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Response
Often used to describe things that make people feel upset or stressed.
The constant humming of the refrigerator was an irritant to her.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Serious
May describe minor annoyances, not just big problems.
His habit of clicking a pen is a mild irritant at meetings.
Pro Tip 3/3Neutral Context
Not inherently negative, may depend on context or personal tolerance.
For some, city bustle is vibrant; for others, it's an irritant.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Response
Often used to describe things that make people feel upset or stressed.
The constant humming of the refrigerator was an irritant to her.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Serious
May describe minor annoyances, not just big problems.
His habit of clicking a pen is a mild irritant at meetings.
Pro Tip 3/3Neutral Context
Not inherently negative, may depend on context or personal tolerance.
For some, city bustle is vibrant; for others, it's an irritant.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Response
Often used to describe things that make people feel upset or stressed.
The constant humming of the refrigerator was an irritant to her.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Serious
May describe minor annoyances, not just big problems.
His habit of clicking a pen is a mild irritant at meetings.
Pro Tip 3/3Neutral Context
Not inherently negative, may depend on context or personal tolerance.
For some, city bustle is vibrant; for others, it's an irritant.
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Africa’s rhyming history...
began to pursue the possibility of organizing his own shipping lines to and from Europe to cut out these middlemen as you might expect this did not entirely please the British trade council down the coast to the latest in another era jaja might have been seen as an irritant but this was the 1980s the
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What’s in Air Freshener?...
words a lot of different stuff is formed and one of the main products is formaldehyde now formaldehyde is not really good for you to breathe in it's an irritant and if you're chronically exposed to it probably a carcinogen
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How does asthma work? -...
play a role, potentially acting during early childhood. Recent research has even linked poverty to asthma incidents. This may be due to reasons ranging from exposure to additional pollutants and environmental irritants
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Boniface Mwangi: The day...
People back home call me a heckler, a troublemaker, an irritant, a rebel, an activist, the voice of the people. But that wasn't always me.
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Africa’s rhyming history...
began to pursue the possibility of organizing his own shipping lines to and from Europe to cut out these middlemen as you might expect this did not entirely please the British trade council down the coast to the latest in another era jaja might have been seen as an irritant but this was the 1980s the
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What’s in Air Freshener?...
words a lot of different stuff is formed and one of the main products is formaldehyde now formaldehyde is not really good for you to breathe in it's an irritant and if you're chronically exposed to it probably a carcinogen
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How does asthma work? -...
play a role, potentially acting during early childhood. Recent research has even linked poverty to asthma incidents. This may be due to reasons ranging from exposure to additional pollutants and environmental irritants
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Boniface Mwangi: The day...
People back home call me a heckler, a troublemaker, an irritant, a rebel, an activist, the voice of the people. But that wasn't always me.
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Grayson Allen
American Athlete
I'd rather have most of my life private. So, what you do see in me is on the court, and on the court, I am competitive. I'm an irritant to the other team. Emotional. Fired up. And so that's what people see, and that's what they judge off of.
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Whittaker Chambers
American Writer
It is popular to call it a crisis of the Western world. It is in fact a crisis of the whole world. Communism, which claims to be a solution of the crisis, is itself a symptom and an irritant of the crisis.
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Steven Pinker
Canadian Scientist
Plants can't very well defend themselves by their behavior, so they resort to chemical warfare, and plants are saturated with toxins and irritants to deter creatures like us who want to eat them.
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Peter Bart
American Editor
It's only in relatively recent years that Hollywood became the playground of multinational corporations which regard movies and TV shows as a minor irritant to their overall activity.
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Ken Burns
American Director
Like a layer on a pearl, you can't specifically identify the irritant, the moment of the irritant, but at the end of the day, you know you have a pearl.
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Carol Ann Duffy
British Poet
Like the sand and the oyster, it's a creative irritant. In each poem, I'm trying to reveal a truth, so it can't have a fictional beginning.
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Jovenel Moise
Haitian Politician
We are in a phase of democratization. We are constructing a democracy. We cannot construct a democracy with irritants.
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Susie Dent
English Scientist
If a term becomes too popular, its irritant value is ramped up. The impulse is then to replace it with something else.
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Ezra Taft Benson
American Leader
When obedience ceases to be an irritant and becomes our quest, in that moment God will endow us with power.
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Elvis Costello
British Musician
My ultimate vocation in life is to be an irritant.
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Grayson Allen
American Athlete
I'd rather have most of my life private. So, what you do see in me is on the court, and on the court, I am competitive. I'm an irritant to the other team. Emotional. Fired up. And so that's what people see, and that's what they judge off of.
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Whittaker Chambers
American Writer
It is popular to call it a crisis of the Western world. It is in fact a crisis of the whole world. Communism, which claims to be a solution of the crisis, is itself a symptom and an irritant of the crisis.
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Steven Pinker
Canadian Scientist
Plants can't very well defend themselves by their behavior, so they resort to chemical warfare, and plants are saturated with toxins and irritants to deter creatures like us who want to eat them.
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Peter Bart
American Editor
It's only in relatively recent years that Hollywood became the playground of multinational corporations which regard movies and TV shows as a minor irritant to their overall activity.
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Ken Burns
American Director
Like a layer on a pearl, you can't specifically identify the irritant, the moment of the irritant, but at the end of the day, you know you have a pearl.
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Carol Ann Duffy
British Poet
Like the sand and the oyster, it's a creative irritant. In each poem, I'm trying to reveal a truth, so it can't have a fictional beginning.
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Jovenel Moise
Haitian Politician
We are in a phase of democratization. We are constructing a democracy. We cannot construct a democracy with irritants.
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Susie Dent
English Scientist
If a term becomes too popular, its irritant value is ramped up. The impulse is then to replace it with something else.
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Ezra Taft Benson
American Leader
When obedience ceases to be an irritant and becomes our quest, in that moment God will endow us with power.
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Elvis Costello
British Musician
My ultimate vocation in life is to be an irritant.
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