cause annoyance in: disturb, especially by minor irritations
excite to an abnormal condition, of chafe or inflame: "Aspirin irritates my stomach"
excite to some characteristic action or condition, such as motion, contraction, or nervous impulse, by the application of a stimulus: "irritate the glands of a leaf"
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