Irritate synonyms such as chafe, aggravate, abrade, and aggravate. Irritate is a verb, and its antonyms are pacify, contented, and good-humoured. Additionally, here are 140 synonyms and nearby words for irritate as well as words beginning with I, Ir, Irr, Irri, and Irrit.
140 synonyms for irritate
1. anger
aggravate
aggravated
aggrieved
anger
annoyed
antagonize
bent out of shape
bother
brassed off
browned off
bug
bum out
burn up
cheesed off
choleric
crook
cross
disgruntled
displease
displeased
drive bananas
drive mad/crazy
drive round the bend
drive round the twist
drive to distraction
drive up the wall
eggy
enrage
enraged
exacerbate
exasperate
exasperated
fed up
foaming at the mouth
furious
gall
get across
get in someone's hair
get on someone's nerves
get on someone's tits
get on someone's wick
get someone's dander up
get someone's goat
get to
get under someone's skin
get up someone's nose
get/put someone's back up
give someone the hump
give someone the pip
goad
gravel
hack off
hacked off
hassle
hot under the collar
huffy
hump
in a bad mood
in a huff
in a temper
in high dudgeon
incense
incensed
infuriate
infuriated
irate
ireful
irk
irked
madden
make angry
make cross
make someone see red
make someone's blood boil
make someone's hackles rise
miff
miffed
miffy
nark
narked
needle
nettle
nettled
not best pleased
peed off
peeve
peeved
pique
piqued
provoke
put out
raise someone's hackles
rankle
rark
rasp
rattle someone's cage
ratty
resentful
ride
rile
riled
rub up the wrong way
ruffle
ruffle someone's feathers
shirty
snaky
snuffy
sore
tee off
teed off
testy
tick off
ticked off
try someone's patience
vex
vexed
wind up
wrath
wrathful
2. hurt
aggravate
chafe
excoriate
fret
gall
grate
graze
hurt
inflame
rasp
rub against
rub painfully
scrape
scratch