What is another word for irritating ?

enough to try the patience of a saint

Causing annoyance, impatience, or mild anger

enough to drive you up the wall

bedevilling^UK

bedeviling^US

gruelling^UK

grueling^US

labored^US

laboured^UK

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“She has an irritating voice which is not offset by special mannerisms or eccentricities.”

Adjective

Having or causing a tingling or itching sensation

“Emma scrubbed away the irritating spines of some velvety pods her bare arm had brushed against during the afternoon.”

Adjective

Causing inconvenience to someone

“Regardless, a little trip up the Peloponese to Epidavros might mollify Eros and relieve me of Lena and her irritating demands.”

Adjective

Deserving of condemnation or execration

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Adjective

Very unpleasant to the senses

unsavory^US

unsavoury^UK

sombre^UK

somber^US

ill-favored^US

unfavorable^US

humourless^UK

humorless^US

fetid^US

foetid^UK

terrorizing^US

terrorising^UK

gray^US

grey^UK

off-colour^UK

off-color^US

strictly for the birds

too horrible for words

as plain as a pikestaff

gruelling^UK

grueling^US

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Adjective

Causing someone to feel resentful, upset, or annoyed

ill-humored^US

libellous^UK

libelous^US

politically incorrect

patronizing^US

patronising^UK

unfavorable^US

minimising^UK

dishonoring^US

minimizing^US

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Adjective

nothing to write home about

Causing one to feel bored

colorless^US

colourless^UK

lacklustre^UK

lackluster^US

anaemic^UK

anemic^US

laboured^UK

labored^US

flavourless^UK

flavorless^US

driveling^US

drivelling^UK

wintry^US

wintery^UK

not amounting to much

meager^US

meagre^UK

gray^US

grey^UK

unsavoury^UK

unsavory^US

nothing to get excited about

sombre^UK

somber^US

blending into the background

neither one thing nor the other

nothing out of the ordinary

paralyzed^US

paralysed^UK

of little consequence

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Adjective

Rude and caustic in manner or expression

rubbing the wrong way

ill-humored^US

Adjective

Having, or causing, a painful, prickling or stinging sensation

Adjective

Affected with, or causing, physical discomfort or pain

discoloured^UK

discolored^US

agonised^UK

agonized^US

feeling uncomfortable

red-rimmed

playing up

giving someone gyp

giving someone trouble

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Adjective

without a care in the world

Ironic in nature, usually in an absurd or annoying way

bright-eyed and bushy-tailed

pulling one's leg

full of vim and vigour

full of get-up-and-go

full of beans

full of joie de vivre

full of the joys of spring

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Verb

getting in someone's hair

(usually used in third person form "gets") Annoying or irritating (someone)

rubbing up the wrong way

giving someone the hump

driving mad

driving crazy

driving nuts

making someone see red

getting on someone's nerves

getting on someone's tits

getting on your nerves

getting someone's back up

getting someone's dander up

getting someone's goat

getting someone's hackles up

getting someone's wick

getting under someone's skin

getting up your nose

gnawing

harrying

making someone's hackles rise

making your blood boil

rattling someone's cage

ruffling someone's feathers

trying someone's patience

driving to distraction

fretting

getting under your skin

bumming out

antagonising^UK

driving round the bend

driving round the twist

getting in your hair

putting your back up

giving someone the pip

rubbing the wrong way

jangling

driving bananas

driving you up the wall

getting your dander up

rubbing you up the wrong way

getting on one's nerves

getting your hackles up

bedeviling^US

bedevilling^UK

hitting where one lives

making somebody's hackles rise

hurting somebody's feelings

ruffling one's feathers

getting up someone's nose

tantalizing^US

putting someone's nose out of joint

shaking up

imposing on

giving a bad time

tantalising^UK

bending someone's ear

getting across someone

setting one's teeth on edge

causing discomfort to

poking fun at

making sport of

losing sleep

breathing down someone's neck

trying the patience of

hanging up

getting a rise out of

working up

knocking for six

taking the piss out of

victimizing^US

criticizing^US

caviling^US

cavilling^UK

making it hot for someone

sticking in one's craw

criticising^UK

inflicting anguish on

putting in a spot

making uncomfortable

ragging on

making things hot for someone

making someone fed up

victimising^UK

getting on the wrong side of

terrorizing^US

running up the wrong way

pushing someon's buttons

messing

steaming

making an enemy of somebody

getting on the nerves of

getting in the hair of

pushing one's buttons

making someone scratch their head

belabouring^UK

terrorising^UK

upsetting the applecart

bringing pressure to bear on

tiring out

leaning on

putting pressure on

making severe demands on

giving the cold shoulder

searching high heaven

noodging

bullyragging

hurting the feelings of

tearing to pieces

knocking the wind out of

making your gorge rise

harshing one's mellow

tyrannizing^US

filling with loathing

grinding

pushing the buttons of

causing resentment to

mispleasing

playing dirty

zinging

playing cat and mouse

putting through wringer

rubbing salt in wound

alienating

making livid

driving you out of your mind

making you see red

driving you round the twist

driving you crazy

driving you to distraction

making somebody's blood boil

driving you round the bend

tyrannising^UK

causing inconvenience to

imposing upon

creating difficulties for

breaking the heart of

jumping on one's case

giving the needle

falling on

putting the squeeze on

belaboring^US

pouring cold water on

throwing cold water on

bringing tears to your eyes

knocking the stuffing out of

breaking someone's heart

harshing someone's mellow

giving someone the blues

taking the wind out of your sails

dampening the spirits of

causing to lose heart

carrying a heavy load

barracking

shouting down

getting into a dither

putting someone off their stroke

making nervous

causing someone to lose their composure

giving someone bother

causing someone difficulty

making someone go out of his way

satirizing^US

having an adverse effect on

striking down

going against the grain

causing to feel mental strain

causing to feel emotional strain

satirising^UK

pulling someone's leg

going through the mill

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“Their loud voices were beginning to irritate me, and I could feel my headache sharpen.”

Verb

Present participle for to cause inflammation to (one's skin)

sensitising^UK

sensitizing^US

stinging

swelling

itching

“Air that is too dry can irritate the lining of your nose, throat, and sinuses.”

Verb