irritating

English Thesaurus

1. causing irritation or annoyance (adj.all)

similar	:	disagreeable,
definition	:	not to your liking (adj.all)

2. causing physical discomfort (adj.all)

similar	:	uncomfortable,
definition	:	providing or experiencing physical discomfort (adj.all)

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

similar	:	stimulative,
definition	:	capable of arousing or accelerating physiological or psychological activity or response by a chemical agent (adj.all)

4. causing irritation or annoyance (adj.all)

derivation	:	plague,
definition	:	an annoyance (noun.cognition)

5. causing physical discomfort (adj.all)

derivation	:	distressingness, painfulness,
definition	:	the quality of being painful (noun.attribute)

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

derivation	:	irritate,
definition	:	excite to an abnormal condition, or chafe or inflame (verb.body)

derivation	:	irritate,
definition	:	excite to some characteristic action or condition, such as motion, contraction, or nervous impulse, by the application of a stimulus (verb.change)

7. causing irritation or annoyance (adj.all)

derivation	:	plague,
definition	:	an annoyance (noun.cognition)

8. causing physical discomfort (adj.all)

derivation	:	distressingness, painfulness,
definition	:	the quality of being painful (noun.attribute)

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

derivation	:	irritate,
definition	:	excite to an abnormal condition, or chafe or inflame (verb.body)

derivation	:	irritate,
definition	:	excite to some characteristic action or condition, such as motion, contraction, or nervous impulse, by the application of a stimulus (verb.change)