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# irritant

«irritant» in Mova's school dictionary: **A substance that makes your skin, eyes, nose or throat…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (an irritant, irritants)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A substance that makes your skin, eyes, nose or throat sore, red or itchy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irritant/#m1)

2) Something or someone that annoys you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irritant/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science and safety: warning signs on cleaning products say irritant; pollen and dust are irritants. Phrases: skin irritant, eye irritant.

### examples

- Bleach is an irritant, so wear gloves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irritant/#x1)
- Pollen is an irritant for people with hay fever. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irritant/#x2)
- The label had a warning symbol for irritants. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irritant/#x3)
- Smoke is an irritant to the eyes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irritant/#x4)
- The buzzing fly was a constant irritant. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irritant/#x5)
- If an irritant gets in your eye, rinse it with clean water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irritant/#x6)

### note

Verb: irritate; noun: irritation. Safety: if a chemical gets in your eyes, rinse with water and tell an adult.

### In the corpora

- [In eczema the skin barrier doesn't hold water well, so the skin dries, cracks and lets irritants in.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/15-eczema-and-other-skin-troubles/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «irritant» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irritant/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.