irritate

Signification (Anglais)

  1. (transitive) To provoke impatience, anger, or displeasure in.
  2. (intransitive) To cause or induce displeasure or irritation.
  3. (transitive) To induce pain in (all or part of a body or organism).

Opposé de
placate, please, soothe
Fréquence

C2
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/ˈɪɹ.ɪˌteɪt/
Étymologie (Anglais)

Borrowed from Latin irrītātus, perfect passive participle of irrītō (“excite, irritate, incite, stimulate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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