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
Jenna Ryu, SELF, 20 Dec. 2024
Also, Roach was asked by several people and he was seemingly getting irritated with the consistent questions.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
There are different reasons why your vulva may become irritated or inflamed.
—Heidi Cope, Health, 24 Dec. 2024
The Star Tribune reported late Wednesday that Walz was irritated by Flanagan's behind-the-scenes moves to prepare for her own potential administration and campaign, including spending money from their gubernatorial campaign account without his sign-off.
—Torey Van Oot, Axios, 18 Dec. 2024
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Then, both derms recommend following that up with a moisturizer containing soothing all-stars like hyaluronic acid, glycerin, and ceramides, or an occlusive like petroleum jelly to protect and lock hydration into your irritated skin.
—Jenna Ryu, SELF, 20 Dec. 2024
Also, Roach was asked by several people and he was seemingly getting irritated with the consistent questions.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
There are different reasons why your vulva may become irritated or inflamed.
—Heidi Cope, Health, 24 Dec. 2024
The Star Tribune reported late Wednesday that Walz was irritated by Flanagan's behind-the-scenes moves to prepare for her own potential administration and campaign, including spending money from their gubernatorial campaign account without his sign-off.
—Torey Van Oot, Axios, 18 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for irritated
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As already mentioned, the leagues were very annoyed with Leicester’s successful exploitation of the jurisdiction loophole last time.Rob Tanner, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
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Ross, in the passenger seat, appears annoyed before the officer says anything, and spends the whole scene glaring at Consuelos.Rachel Raposas, People.com, 7 Jan. 2025
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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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The technology behind an LLM is sufficiently advanced because the people using it have not bothered to understand it.Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 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
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As Cha-il, the auditing department’s perpetually exasperated and hypervigilant leader, Shin helps to uncover various scandals and white collar crimes.Simon Abrams, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2024
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There’s comic mileage in Gromit’s expressive eyes – ranging from exasperated to determined – as the heroic dog endeavors to save the day.Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Dec. 2024
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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
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Waves of immigration have sparked an angry ethno-nationalism that advantages ideological extremes.Charles A. Kupchan, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2025
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There’s also a troubling recurrent theme of angry, violent, and/or distraught mothers, who we are asked to watch suffer or inflict suffering on others time and time again.Ben Travers, IndieWire, 9 Jan. 2025
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Those takeaways were an instrumental part of Denver’s formula in a 24-22 upset.Nick Kosmider, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
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One of my acquaintances is upset because her favorite place to get glasses is no longer in her plan’s network.Diane Omdahl, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
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Pritchett is currently facing two counts of aggravated kidnapping, per Harris County court records.Samira Asma-Sadeque, People.com, 7 Jan. 2025
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The content creator was charged in December 2024 with one count of aggravated kidnapping, allegedly taking two unnamed women on a dangerous high-speed car ride and threatening their lives as a result.Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 6 Jan. 2025
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“Irritated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/irritated. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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