as in annoyed
subjected to and reacting with irritation
irritated viewers were bombarding the station with complaints about the game's delayed start
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as in bothered
to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts
constant chatter irritated the student, who was trying to concentrate on a hard assignment
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Recent Examples of irritated
Shawn McCreesh, New York Times, 29 Jan. 2025
When the scalp is dry, the skin becomes irritated and starts to flake off.
—Carrie Madormo, Rn, Health, 1 Feb. 2025
This combination of antimicrobial and calming properties makes your skin happy and hydrated, and not further irritated.
—Sarah Han, Allure, 29 Jan. 2025
Without them, skin can become dry, itchy, and irritated.
—R29 Team, refinery29.com, 29 Jan. 2025
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Adjective
One reporter asked a follow-up about programs that might be cut — citing Meals on Wheels, which provides meals for over 2 million seniors — and Ms. Leavitt seemed almost bored, if not outright irritated.
—Shawn McCreesh, New York Times, 29 Jan. 2025
When the scalp is dry, the skin becomes irritated and starts to flake off.
—Carrie Madormo, Rn, Health, 1 Feb. 2025
This combination of antimicrobial and calming properties makes your skin happy and hydrated, and not further irritated.
—Sarah Han, Allure, 29 Jan. 2025
Without them, skin can become dry, itchy, and irritated.
—R29 Team, refinery29.com, 29 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for irritated
Adjective
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During a hearing on Friday, Judge Moss seemed to grow annoyed about the lack of clarity that the government could provide about Mr. Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency operatives and their roles.—
Zach Montague,
New York Times,
18 Feb. 2025
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Greg is annoyed about signing pre-nuptial agreement and that Tanya has her savvy assistant Portia (Haley Lu Richardson) in tow.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA TODAY,
17 Feb. 2025
Verb
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With the exception of the Russell 2000, which gained 1%, none of the major indices bothered to get out of bed the day after Christmas.—
JJ Kinahan,
Forbes,
27 Dec. 2024
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In fact, if you can’t be bothered even to reach for the remote to select this new button, the latest firmware update will also automatically start playing the next episode after a countdown.—
John Archer,
Forbes,
23 Dec. 2024
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When Myers was 16 years old, Gilles Bouchard scratched his head with what to do with him.—
Joshua Kloke,
The Athletic,
4 Jan. 2025
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Holding out hope for a big win, the woman bought a third ticket and scratched it in her car, according to the release.—
Lauren Liebhaber,
Kansas City Star,
3 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Moore tries her best, but this movie isn’t interested in her exasperated single mom, leaving her to chug wine and do a lot of worrying.—
Eddie Mouradian,
Vulture,
24 Feb. 2025
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The chemistry between Ferrell’s uptight, by-the-books forensic accountant and Wahlberg’s aggressive, hot-headed detective drives the film’s best moments, with the latter’s exasperated reactions to the former’s bizarre behavior making the movie consistently entertaining—and, of course, hilarious.—
Travis Bean,
Forbes,
22 Feb. 2025
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However, Large Language Models have scraped most of the data that is easily available Expect 2025 to show increasing efforts to obtain data, whether these are business contracts to acquire data, labeling systems to curate yet-untapped data, deploying more sensors, and so on.—
Nisha Talagala,
Forbes,
30 Dec. 2024
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These models are trained on vast, unlicensed datasets scraped from internet and music platforms.—
Virginie Berger,
Forbes,
30 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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One of her twisted arms is lopped off by an angry audience member and turns into a firehose of blood.—
Scottie Andrew,
CNN,
27 Feb. 2025
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Trashing a guy’s car is nothing new among angry exes, but one Florida woman took it to an absurd level after having a little too much to drink, according to Florida investigators.—
Mark Price,
Miami Herald,
27 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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And the charge Jones drew on Bogdan Bogdanović with 1:53 remaining set the table for the Bulls to attempt — and, ultimately, fail — to pull off the upset win.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Feb. 2025
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The flip side to that is that an upset loss to either would be a death blow.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
26 Feb. 2025
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He had previously been charged with three counts of forcible rape of a child and three counts of aggravated rape of a child.—
Greg Wehner,
Fox News,
13 Feb. 2025
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Foster is facing a charge of aggravated murder, according to an arrest warrant filed in Licking County Court cited by CNN.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
6 Feb. 2025
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“Irritated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/irritated. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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