Annoy vs. Irritate

Annoyverb

(transitive) To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to bother with unpleasant deeds.

Annoyverb

(intransitive) To do something to upset or anger someone; to be troublesome.

Annoyverb

(transitive) To molest; to harm; to injure.

Annoynoun

A feeling of discomfort or vexation caused by what one dislikes.

Annoynoun

That which causes such a feeling.

Annoyverb

To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to tease; to ruffle in mind; to vex; as, I was annoyed by his remarks.

Annoyverb

To molest, incommode, or harm; as, to annoy an army by impeding its march, or by a cannonade.

Annoynoun

A feeling of discomfort or vexation caused by what one dislikes; also, whatever causes such a feeling; as, to work annoy.

Annoyverb

cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations;

Irritateverb

(transitive) To provoke impatience, anger, or displeasure.

Irritateverb

(transitive) To introduce irritability or irritation in.

Irritateverb

(intransitive) To cause or induce displeasure or irritation.

Irritateverb

(transitive) To induce pain in (all or part of a body or organism).

Irritateverb

(obsolete) To render null and void.

Irritateverb

To render null and void.

Irritateverb

To increase the action or violence of; to heighten excitement in; to intensify; to stimulate.

Irritateverb

To excite anger or displeasure in; to provoke; to tease; to exasperate; to annoy; to vex; as, the insolence of a tyrant irritates his subjects.

Irritateverb

To produce irritation in; to stimulate; to cause to contract. See Irritation, n., 2.

Irritateverb

To make morbidly excitable, or oversensitive; to fret; as, the skin is irritated by friction; to irritate a wound by a coarse bandage.

Irritateadjective

Excited; heightened.

Irritateverb

cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations;

Irritateverb

excite to an abnormal condition, of chafe or inflame;

Irritateverb

excite to some characteristic action or condition, such as motion, contraction, or nervous impulse, by the application of a stimulus;

Irritateverb

make (someone) annoyed or a little angry

Irritateverb

cause inflammation or other discomfort in (a part of the body)

Irritateverb

stimulate (an organism, cell, or organ) to produce an active response.