ADJECTIVE | all | irritative, irritating | (used of physical stimuli) serving to stimulate or excite |
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Meaning | (used of physical stimuli) serving to stimulate or excite. | |
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Example | "an irritative agent" | |
Synonym | irritating | |
Broader | stimulative | capable of arousing or accelerating physiological or psychological activity or response by a chemical agent |
Spanish | irritante | |
Catalan | irritant | |
Verbs | irritate | excite to an abnormal condition, or chafe or inflame |
irritate | excite to some characteristic action or condition, such as motion, contraction, or nervous impulse, by the application of a stimulus |
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