irritating

Meanings

• cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
• excite to an abnormal condition, or chafe or inflame
• excite to some characteristic action or condition, such as motion, contraction, or nervous impulse, by the application of a stimulus
• causing irritation or annoyance
  • "an irritating delay"
• (used of physical stimuli) serving to stimulate or excite
• causing physical discomfort
  • "bites of black flies are more than irritating; they can be very painful"

Synonyms

annoy, annoying, bother, bothersome, chafe, devil, galling, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, irritative, nark, nettle, nettlesome, painful, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, plaguey, plaguy, rag, rile, teasing, vex, vexatious, vexing