- present tense form of irritate (3rd person singular).
irritates
Example Sentences
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While some men’s inability to see a queer relationship right before their eyes irritates Rosales, she uses these opportunities to clown.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Talk of an eventual rebound irritates investors like Christopher Poch, whose firm Promethium Advisors owns 11,000 Whirlpool shares.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
But when it goes away, so do our nightly doses of Colbert’s affable clowning, the kind that irritates thin-skinned despots in a way other comics can’t quite match.
From Salon ● May 21, 2026
That tension with boxing's old guard irritates Paul.
From BBC ● Dec. 18, 2025
“That really irritates me,” Liyana muttered, “that he does one little thing and you act so grateful. I do things every day!”
From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye
