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Grumpy vs Irritate - What's the difference?

grumpy | irritate |


As an adjective grumpy

is unhappy, dissatisfied and/or irritable.

As a verb irritate is

(lb) to provoke impatience, anger, or displeasure.

Disoblige vs Irritate - What's the difference?

disoblige | irritate |


As verbs the difference between disoblige and irritate

is that disoblige is (british) not to oblige; to disappoint, to inconvenience, not to cooperate while irritate is (lb) to provoke impatience, anger, or displeasure.

Intensify vs Irritate - What's the difference?

intensify | irritate | Related terms |

Intensify is a related term of irritate.


As verbs the difference between intensify and irritate

is that intensify is to render more intense; as, to intensify heat or cold; to intensify colors; to intensify a photographic negative; to intensify animosity while irritate is (lb) to provoke impatience, anger, or displeasure.

Exaggerate vs Irritate - What's the difference?

exaggerate | irritate | Related terms |

Exaggerate is a related term of irritate.


As verbs the difference between exaggerate and irritate

is that exaggerate is to overstate, to describe more than is fact while irritate is (lb) to provoke impatience, anger, or displeasure.

Irritate vs Rattle - What's the difference?

irritate | rattle |


As verbs the difference between irritate and rattle

is that irritate is (lb) to provoke impatience, anger, or displeasure while rattle is (ergative) to create a rattling sound by shaking or striking.

As a noun rattle is

(onomatopoeia) a sound made by loose objects shaking or vibrating against one another.

Impel vs Irritate - What's the difference?

impel | irritate | Related terms |

Impel is a related term of irritate.


As verbs the difference between impel and irritate

is that impel is to urge a person; to press on; to incite to action or motion via intrinsic motivation (contrast with propel, to compel or drive extrinsically) while irritate is (lb) to provoke impatience, anger, or displeasure.

Sting vs Irritate - What's the difference?

sting | irritate | Related terms |

Sting is a related term of irritate.


As verbs the difference between sting and irritate

is that sting is to hurt, usually by introducing poison or a sharp point, or both while irritate is (lb) to provoke impatience, anger, or displeasure.

As a noun sting

is a bump left on the skin after having been stung.

Disquiet vs Irritate - What's the difference?

disquiet | irritate | Related terms |

Disquiet is a related term of irritate.


As verbs the difference between disquiet and irritate

is that disquiet is make (someone) worried or anxious while irritate is (lb) to provoke impatience, anger, or displeasure.

As a noun disquiet

is want of quiet; want of tranquility in body or mind; uneasiness; restlessness; disturbance; anxiety.

As an adjective disquiet

is deprived of quiet; impatient; restless; uneasy.

Irritate vs Furious - What's the difference?

irritate | furious |


As a verb irritate

is (lb) to provoke impatience, anger, or displeasure.

As an adjective furious is

transported with passion or fury; raging; violent.

Irritate vs Heat - What's the difference?

irritate | heat | Related terms |

Irritate is a related term of heat.


As a verb irritate

is (lb) to provoke impatience, anger, or displeasure.

As a noun heat is

(military) high explosive antitank: a munition using a high explosive shaped charge to breach armour.

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