Irritation : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Irritation	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Irritation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
irritation n the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed [syn: irritation, annoyance, vexation, botheration] a sudden outburst of anger; "his temper sparked like damp firewood" Synonym(s): pique, temper, irritation (pathology) abnormal sensitivity to stimulation; "any food produced irritation of the stomach" the neural or electrical arousal of an organ or muscle or gland Synonym(s): excitation, innervation, irritation an uncomfortable feeling of mental painfulness or distress Synonym(s): discomfort, soreness, irritation unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment Synonym(s): aggravation, irritation, provocation the act of troubling or annoying someone Synonym(s): annoyance, annoying, irritation, vexation
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Irritation \Ir`rita"tion\, n. [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.) 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.) 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.