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# irritating

«irritating» in Mova's school dictionary: **annoying, making you feel cross or impatient** — 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

adjective (irritating, more irritating, most irritating); verb form (irritating — present participle of irritate)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Irritating means annoying, making you feel cross or impatient. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irritating/#m1)

2) (body) Irritating means making a part of the body sore, itchy or red: an irritating rash, irritating smoke. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irritating/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life it describes a dripping tap, a buzzing fly or a sibling who keeps humming. In science and safety lessons chemicals labelled «irritant» can be irritating to skin and eyes. In stories it helps describe a character's mood. Phrases: «really irritating», «an irritating habit», «irritating to the skin».

### examples

- My brother has an irritating habit of clicking his pen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irritating/#x1)
- The buzzing fly was so irritating. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irritating/#x2)
- Smoke is irritating to the eyes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irritating/#x3)
- This wool jumper is irritating my neck. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irritating/#x4)
- It is irritating when the bus is late again. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irritating/#x5)
- Stop irritating the cat, or it will scratch you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irritating/#x6)
- The advert has an irritating little song. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irritating/#x7)
- “You are a very irritating person,” said the Rocket, “and very ill-bred. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irritating/#x8)

### note

Compare «irritating» (causing annoyance) and «irritated» (feeling annoyed): «The noise is irritating; I am irritated». Same pattern as boring/bored, annoying/annoyed. Double «r».

### In the corpora

- [A sneeze is a reflex that blasts air out of the nose and mouth to clear something irritating, like dust or pepper.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/66-lungs-and-breathing/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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