To excite to resentment or anger; annoy; vex; exasperate: as, to be irritated by an officious or a tedious person.To excite to automatic action by external agency, as organic tissue; produce motion, contraction, or inflammation in by stimulation: as, to irritate the skin by chafing or the nerves by teasing.To give greater force or energy to; excite.Synonyms Provoke, Incense, etc. (see exasperate); fret, chafe, nettle, sting, annoy, gall, inflame, excite, anger, enrage.Excited; exasperated; intensified.To render null and void.