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adj. Causing irritation, annoyance or pain.

adj. Stimulating or exciting a response.

v. Present participle of irritate.

adj. causing annoyance.

adj. causing irritation of living tissue; -- used of physical stimuli.

adj. causing pain or physical discomfort.

Causing irritation; vexing; provoking; exasperating.

adj. causing irritation or annoyance

adj. (used of physical stimuli) serving to stimulate or excite

adj. causing physical discomfort

"Even more irritating is when they ask how his grades/test scores were last year."

disagreeable    stimulative    uncomfortable   

calmative   

nonirritating   

annoying    galling    chafing    nettlesome    pesky    pestiferous    pestilent    plaguy    plaguey    teasing   

irritate