annoyance, annoying, irritation, vexation
(noun) the act of troubling or annoying someone
aggravation, irritation, provocation
(noun) unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment
discomfort, soreness, irritation
(noun) an uncomfortable feeling of mental painfulness or distress
pique, temper, irritation
(noun) a sudden outburst of anger; “his temper sparked like damp firewood”
excitation, innervation, irritation
(noun) the neural or electrical arousal of an organ or muscle or gland
irritation, annoyance, vexation, botheration
(noun) the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed
irritation
(noun) (pathology) abnormal sensitivity to stimulation; “any food produced irritation of the stomach”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
irritation (countable and uncountable, plural irritations)
The act of irritating or annoying
The state of being irritated
The act of exciting, or the condition of being excited to action, by stimulation; -- as, the condition of an organ of sense, when its nerve is affected by some external body; especially, the act of exciting muscle fibers to contraction, by artificial stimulation; as, the irritation of a motor nerve by electricity; also, the condition of a muscle and nerve, under such stimulation.
A condition of morbid excitability or oversensitiveness of an organ or part of the body; a state in which the application of ordinary stimuli produces pain or excessive or vitiated action.
Source: Wiktionary
Ir`ri*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. irritatio: cf. F. irritation.]
1. The act of irritating, or exciting, or the state of being irritated; excitement; stimulation, usually of an undue and uncomfortable kind; especially, excitement of anger or passion; provocation; annoyance; anger. The whole body of the arts and sciences composes one vast machinery for the irritation and development of the human intellect. De Quincey.
2. (Physiol.)
Definition: The act of exciting, or the condition of being excited to action, by stimulation; -- as, the condition of an organ of sense, when its nerve is affected by some external body; esp., the act of exciting muscle fibers to contraction, by artificial stimulation; as, the irritation of a motor nerve by electricity; also, the condition of a muscle and nerve, under such stimulation.
3. (Med.)
Definition: A condition of morbid excitability or oversensitiveness of an organ or part of the body; a state in which the application of ordinary stimuli produces pain or excessive or vitiated action.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
16 May 2025
(adjective) marked by columniation having free columns in porticoes either at both ends or at both sides of a structure
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
