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 →

2) (body) Irritating means making a part of the body sore, itchy or red: an irritating rash, irritating smoke. tree →

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 →
• The buzzing fly was so irritating. tree →
• Smoke is irritating to the eyes. tree →
• This wool jumper is irritating my neck. tree →
• It is irritating when the bus is late again. tree →
• Stop irritating the cat, or it will scratch you. tree →
• The advert has an irritating little song. tree →
• “You are a very irritating person,” said the Rocket, “and very ill-bred. tree →

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.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «irritating» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.