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What is the noun for irritative?

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irritation
  1. The act of irritating or annoying
  2. The state of being irritated
  3. The act of exciting, or the condition of being excited to action, by stimulation; -- as, the condition of an organ of sense, when its nerve is affected by some external body; especially, the act of exciting muscle fibers to contraction, by artificial stimulation; as, the irritation of a motor nerve by electricity; also, the condition of a muscle and nerve, under such stimulation.
  4. A condition of morbid excitability or oversensitiveness of an organ or part of the body; a state in which the application of ordinary stimuli produces pain or excessive or vitiated action.
  5. Synonyms:
      6. annoyance, anger, pique, displeasure, resentment, vexation, exasperation, indignation, rage, fury, wrath, ire, outrage, aggravation, chagrin, choler, crossness, temper, gall, bother, frustration, grief, botheration, aggro, impatience, pip, infuriation, provocation, upset, discomfort, stress, ill humour, umbrage, spleen, disgruntlement, offence, offense, animosity, miff, peevishness, acrimony, huff, discontent, dudgeon, irritability, passion, irascibility, bitterness, perturbation, testiness … more
  6. Examples:
      7. “Her shoulders sagged and irritation flashed across her face as Paige and Carol Anne entered.”
      “Unluckily, he had not wholly worked off his irritation at his place of business, and poured forth his wrath on his own family.”
      “Having to regularly be stuck behind a slow-walking person in a crowd while in a hurry can be a daily irritation.”
irritability
  1. The state or quality of being irritable; quick excitability
  2. (physiology) A natural susceptibility, characteristic of all living organisms, tissues, and cells, to the influence of certain stimuli, response being manifested in a variety of ways.
  3. (medicine) A condition of morbid excitability of an organ or part of the body; undue susceptibility to the influence of stimuli.
  4. Synonyms:
      5. irascibility, testiness, peevishness, petulance, crossness, grumpiness, pettishness, grouchiness, crotchetiness, crankiness, cantankerousness, tetchiness, huffiness, touchiness, choler, spleen, pique, waspishness, irritation, impatience, crabbiness, perversity, moodiness, snappiness, perverseness, irritableness, snappishness, churlishness, sensitivity, biliousness, sharpness, hypersensitivity, fractiousness, oversensitivity, irascibleness, prickliness, curmudgeonliness, stroppiness, crustiness, shirtiness, soreheadedness, rattiness, oversensitiveness, pepperiness, shrewishness, orneriness, chippiness, snakiness, bad temper, ill-temper … more
  5. Examples:
      6. “But the sullenness, withdrawal and irritability are hard on those around them.”
      “Her irritability was evident as she stormed out of the room, unleashing her anger on everyone around her.”
      “These results are consistent with retrospective reports of infant irritability, insomnia, and colic among inhibited children.”
irritainment
  1. Entertainment that annoys, embarrasses, or upsets more than or as much as it entertains, whether unintentionally or by design.
  2. A media spectacle, particularly a scandal, that is simultaneously irritating and engrossing.
irritancy
  1. the quality of being irritant or irritating
  2. (law, Scotland) the state or quality of being null and void; invalidity
  3. Examples:
      4. “This is another test that measures irritancy by using pumpkin rind to simulate the effect of a test substance on human skin.”
      “Safety tests include those for corrosivity, toxicity, irritancy and allergenicity.”
      “Companies have no option when it comes to assess the ocular irritancy, skin sensitivity or toxicokinetics, for instance.”
irritant
  1. Any medication designed to cause irritation
  2. A source of irritation.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. nuisance, bother, annoyance, pest, hassle, aggravation, vexation, headache, inconvenience, pain, peeve, bugbear, exasperation, irritation, trial, irk, botheration, frustration, ruffle, trouble, thorn, drag, aggro, rub, plague, bane, nudnik, bore, nark, skelf, nyaff, bind, tease, torment, gall, provocation, burden, menace, pinprick, goad, pain in the neck, pain in the bum, pain in the rear, pain in the backside, hair shirt, source of annoyance, source of irritation, fair cow, pet peeve, source of vexation … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “Indeed, for many years environmental concerns were treated as an irritant by most officials in charge of lending operations.”
irritableness
  1. The quality of being irritable.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. irritability, irascibility, testiness, peevishness, pettishness, grumpiness, petulance, crossness, crotchetiness, grouchiness, waspishness, huffiness, crankiness, perversity, choler, perverseness, biliousness, irascibleness, cantankerousness, tetchiness, touchiness, crabbiness, impatience, bad temper, spleen, irritation, snappiness, annoyance, ill-temper, sensitivity, snappishness, fretfulness, pique, sullenness, surliness, moodiness, sourness, anger, excitability, churlishness, ill-humor, quick temper, rage, fury, hypersensitivity, resentment, ire, prickliness, furor, passion … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “I would to God that I, too, possessed the tender irritableness of unhandled sensibility.”
      “Together with sodium it regulates the basic acid balance, the osmotic pressure of the cells and the neuromuscular irritableness.”
      “Other symptoms suggesting a need for urgency are a blue tinge in the color of the skin, an inability to drink enough fluids, lethargy or irritableness, altered mental status and seizure.”
irritator
  1. One who or that which irritates.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. gadfly, nuisance, pain, bother, annoyance, pest, nudnik, tease, teaser, nudnick, annoyer, persecutor, gnawer, irritant, pesterer, tormentor, busybody, goad, meddler, stirrer, prod, spur, pain in the bum, pain in the backside, pain in the neck, pain in the rear … more
irritablenesses
  1. plural of irritableness
  2. Synonyms:
      3. irritabilities, irascibilities, testinesses, peevishnesses, pettishnesses, grumpinesses, petulances, crossnesses, crotchetinesses, grouchinesses, waspishness, huffiness, crankinesses, perversities, cholers, perversenesses, biliousnesses, irascibleness, cantankerousness, tetchinesses, touchinesses, crabbiness, impatiences, spleens, irritations, snappiness, annoyances, sensitivities, snappishnesses, fretfulnesses, piques, sullennesses, surlinesses, moodinesses, sournesses, angers, excitabilities, churlishness, tantrums, ill-humors, rages, furies, hypersensitivities, resentments, ires, pricklinesses, furors, oversensitivity, passions, hotheadedness … more
irritabilities
  1. plural of irritability
  2. Synonyms:
      3. irascibilities, testinesses, peevishnesses, petulances, crossnesses, grumpinesses, pettishnesses, grouchinesses, crotchetinesses, crankinesses, cantankerousness, tetchinesses, huffiness, touchinesses, cholers, spleens, piques, waspishness, irritations, impatiences, crabbiness, perversities, moodinesses, snappiness, perversenesses, irritablenesses, snappishnesses, churlishness, sensitivities, biliousnesses, sharpnesses, hypersensitivities, fractiousness, oversensitivity, irascibleness, pricklinesses, curmudgeonliness, stroppiness, crustinesses, shirtiness, rattiness, oversensitiveness, pepperiness, shrewishness, ornerinesses, chippiness, snakinesses, ill humours, short tempers, sulkinesses … more
irritations
  1. plural of irritation
  2. Synonyms:
      3. annoyances, angers, piques, displeasures, resentments, vexations, exasperations, indignations, rages, furies, wraths, ires, outrages, aggravations, chagrins, cholers, crossnesses, tempers, galls, bothers, frustrations, griefs, botherations, aggro, impatiences, pips, infuriations, provocations, upsets, discomforts, stresses, ill humours, umbrages, spleens, disgruntlements, discontents, offences, offenses, animosities, miffs, peevishnesses, acrimonies, huffs, dudgeons, irritabilities, bitternesses, passions, dissatisfactions, irascibilities, perturbations … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Your employees aren't the only ones who suffer from such annoyances and irritations.”
      “Getting and staying married may seem formidable to a young pregnant woman because marriage is filled with a hundred irritations and difficulties.”
      “And to extract humour from annoyances and irritations is what comedians have always done since time immemorial.”
irritators
  1. plural of irritator
  2. Synonyms:
      3. gadflies, nuisances, pain, bother, annoyance, pests, nudniks, teases, teasers, nudnicks, annoyers, persecutors, gnawers, irritants, pesterers, tormentors, busybodies, goads, meddlers, stirrers, prods, spurs, pains in the bum, pains in the neck, pains in the rear … more
irritancies
  1. plural of irritancy
irritants
  1. plural of irritant
  2. Synonyms:
      3. problems, nuisances, pests, vexation, bothers, pains, bugs, drag, pains in the neck, sources of difficulty, sources of irritation, sources of trouble, thorns in one's flesh, thorns in one's side … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “His rare lyrical quality bears emotional depth without sickly sweetness, and sly humour without jokey or ironic irritants.”
      “Human skin particles, pollen, and smoke are all part of this bothersome brew of irritants.”
      “These irritants can include soaps, detergents, cosmetics, wool and acrylic clothing, linens, and perfumes.”
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