What is another word for irritating ?

Causing annoyance, impatience, or mild anger

enough to try the patience of a saint

enough to drive you up the wall

bedevilling^UK

bedeviling^US

fetid^US

foetid^UK

rubbing the wrong way

hard to take

extremely bad

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“I realised that I'm picking up one of my dad's most irritating habits.”

Adjective

Having or causing a tingling or itching sensation

Adjective

Causing inconvenience to someone

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Adjective

Causing discomfort, unhappiness, or revulsion

unsavory^US

unsavoury^UK

sombre^UK

somber^US

ill-favored^US

humourless^UK

humorless^US

ill-humored^US

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Adjective

Causing someone to feel resentful, upset, or annoyed

libellous^UK

libelous^US

dishonoring^US

minimizing^US

minimising^UK

libeling^US

libelling^UK

politically incorrect

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Adjective

Deserving of condemnation or execration

uncivilised^UK

uncivilized^US

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Adjective

nothing to write home about

Causing one to feel bored

colourless^UK

colorless^US

lacklustre^UK

lackluster^US

anaemic^UK

anemic^US

laboured^UK

labored^US

flavourless^UK

flavorless^US

drivelling^UK

driveling^US

meagre^UK

meager^US

wintry^US

wintery^UK

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Adjective

Intended to provoke or make fun of someone in a playful way

Adjective

Unexpected and inappropriate or inconvenient

Adjective

without a care in the world

Tending or apt to intrude

Adjective

Ironic in nature, usually in an absurd or annoying way

full of the joys of spring

bright-eyed and bushy-tailed

full of vim and vigour

beside oneself with joy

as happy as a sandboy

like a dog with two tails

flakey^US

flaky^UK

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Adjective

Intensely painful

excruciating

more than flesh and blood can bear

gruelling^UK

grueling^US

more than one can bear

more than flesh and blood can stand

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Adjective

Not easy to please or satisfy

obstinately disobedient

impossible to cope with

cavilling^UK

caviling^US

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Verb

getting in someone's hair

(usually used in third person form "gets") Annoying or irritating (someone)

rubbing up the wrong way

giving someone the hump

driving mad

driving crazy

driving nuts

making someone see red

getting on one's nerves

getting on someone's nerves

getting on someone's tits

getting someone's back up

getting someone's dander up

getting someone's goat

getting someone's hackles up

getting someone's wick

getting under someone's skin

getting up someone's nose

gnawing

harrying

making someone's blood boil

making someone's hackles rise

rattling someone's cage

ruffling someone's feathers

trying someone's patience

bedevilling^UK

bedeviling^US

getting on your nerves

driving round the bend

wounding

oppressing

perplexing

rubbing the wrong way

giving someone a hard time

driving to distraction

cursing

getting on somebody's nerves

driving round the twist

stinging

harrowing

getting your back up

giving someone the pip

making your blood boil

getting under your skin

getting under one's skin

tantalizing^US

tantalising^UK

getting your dander up

hurting someone's feelings

getting in one's hair

put somebody's nose out of joint

driving you up the wall

getting across someone

hitting where one lives

putting someone's nose out of joint

getting on nerves

interrupting

giving offence to

hurting somebody's feelings

giving a bad time

breathing down someone's neck

acerbating

rubbing you up the wrong way

putting someone's back up

getting a rise out of

criticizing^US

victimizing^US

caviling^US

cavilling^UK

making your hackles rise

messing with

flipping out

flooring

getting your hackles up

making miserable

hanging over

jangling

sticking in one's craw

setting one's teeth on edge

criticising^UK

pushing one's buttons

wearing

slamming

making somebody's blood boil

trying the patience of

bending someone's ear

getting up somebody's nose

trying one's patience

taking the mickey out of

wearing on

victimising^UK

taking the piss out of

ruffling one's feathers

preying on one's mind

domineering

scolding

arousing hostility in

pushing someon's buttons

making someone fed up

putting your nose out of joint

causing resentment to

leaning on

gripping

pushing someone's buttons

triggering

rattling someone's chain

terrorizing^US

getting on someone's wick

setting your teeth on edge

rubbing one the wrong way

fuming

berating

mystifying

bringing pressure to bear on

laying waste

rubbing somebody up the wrong way

pushing the buttons of

setting someone's teeth on edge

making it hot for someone

sticking the knife into

making uncomfortable

making things hot for someone

causing discomfort to

terrorising^UK

getting the knife into

making blue

putting into a funk

chastening

breaking the heart of

running up the wrong way

questioning

examining

scorning

getting on the wrong side of

upsetting the apple cart

brutalising^UK

inflicting anguish on

brutalizing^US

making severe demands on

losing the affection of

losing one's interest

driving you out of your mind

shattering

driving you off your head

driving you round the twist

possessing

driving out of mind

driving you to distraction

driving you round the bend

driving somebody up the wall

putting someone to trouble

giving someone bother

causing someone difficulty

making someone go out of his way

quarreling^US

quarrelling^UK

leading someone a merry dance

playing cat and mouse

putting through wringer

rubbing salt in wound

getting on the nerves of

getting in the hair of

treading on someone's toes

putting someone off their stroke

causing someone to lose their composure

using strong-arm tactics on

riding roughshod over

dominating

libelling^UK

libeling^US

satirizing^US

smouldering^UK

pulling somebody's leg

satirising^UK

pulling someone's leg

getting on the wrong side of somebody

making an enemy of somebody

making somebody's hackles rise

calling someone names

casting aspersions on

aspersing

scoffing

treating disrespectfully

cutting dead

stepping on one's toes

dishonoring^US

panning

slagging off

giving someone the cold-shoulder

smoldering^US

setting someone back on their heels

galvanizing^US

making someone scratch their head

galvanising^UK

giving someone a turn

putting out of countenance

stopping someone in their tracks

fouling up

muddying

enervating

causing to be at a stand

paralysing^UK

making self-conscious

snowing

calling off

lighting a fire under

disengaging

damping

getting down

putting someone off their stride

scaring the bejesus out of

leaving speechless

paralyzing^US

knocking the stuffing out of

drawing away

energising^UK

hurting one's feelings

taking over

putting the wind up someone

blowing away

throwing into a tizzy

energizing^US

sweeping someone off their feet

blowing one's mind

springing something on

getting someone down

monopolising^UK

setting someone thinking

putting to some trouble

putting someone off his stride

catching somebody unawares

catching somebody off balance

scaring the living daylights out of

making someone's hair stand on end

causing someone distress

messing with one's head

throwing into confusion

throwing into disorder

pulling the rug out from under

pulling the rug from under

putting off his or her stride

taking the wind out of someone's sails

causing inconvenience to

creating difficulties for

sending over the edge

going out of one's way

going to the trouble of

exerting oneself

hissing

fooling around

hitting like ton of bricks

raising someone's eyebrows

taking the wind out of your sails

completely surprising

shaking out of your complacency

filling with consternation

hurting the feelings of

giving someone a fright

giving a shock

springing

making someone jump out of their skin

giving someone a jolt

making a big thing of

making a big thing out of

making a thing of

getting worked up

making a mountain out of a molehill

sending on a wild-goose chase

balking^US

baulking^UK

pouring cold water on

throwing cold water on

bringing tears to your eyes

harshing someone's mellow

giving someone the blues

reducing to tears

making desolate

making despondent

making your heart bleed

taking one's breath away

magnetizing^US

taking your breath away

giving a buzz

enthusing

transfixing

firing with enthusiasm

sending

giving someone a kick

giving someone a charge

magnetising^UK

getting someone going

becoming an obsession with

tugging at someone's heartstrings

tugging at the heart

melting

turning one's stomach

causing aversion

surfeiting

causing to feel nauseous

making someone want to throw up

cloying on

making shudder

filling with loathing

labouring^UK

keeping complaining to

causing to lose concentration

killing

running circles around

wrestling with oneself

laboring^US

going through the mill

firing the enthusiasm of

firing the imagination of

making an impression on

exerting influence on

making inroads

having a bearing on

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“Their loud voices were beginning to irritate me and I could feel my headache sharpen.”

Verb

Present participle for to cause inflammation to (one's skin)

sensitising^UK

sensitizing^US

stinging

swelling

itching

“Air that is too dry can irritate the lining of your nose, throat, and sinuses.”

Verb

rubbing salt into the wound

Present participle for to aggravate, especially a wound

adding insult to injury

twisting the knife in the wound

compounding the problem

adding fuel to the flames

rubbing salt in a wound

feeding the fire

rubbing salt in the wounds

going from bad to worse

pushing one's button

adding fuel to the fire

fanning the flames of

rubbing salt in the wound

fueling^US

emphasizing^US

maximizing^US

emphasising^UK

maximising^UK

putting salt on the wound

pouring gasoline on the fire

making something worse

eulogizing^US

eulogising^UK

spiralling^UK

spiraling^US

optimizing^US

going through the roof

optimising^UK

energizing^US

energising^UK

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“Antiseptics may actually irritate the wound or cause an allergic reaction.”

Verb

Present participle for to let someone down, especially with regards to an obligation or duty

Verb

giving a new lease of life to

Present participle for make passionate, instill passion in

galvanising^UK

galvanizing^US

building a fire under

energizing^US

energising^UK

fueling^US

lighting a fire under

acting as a fillip to

acting as a impetus to

acting as a stimulus to

putting new life in

acting as a incentive to

commoving

waking up

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Present participle for scrape or wear away by friction or erosion

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Present participle for inflict a wound on

Verb

Present participle for to cause (someone) amusement or pleasure

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Present participle for cause a tingling sensation in

making something itch

making something smart

making something tingle

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