irritated• Her skin looked really irritated.• For a moment Bill is irritated.• The teacher was clearly irritated at having his class interrupted.• But sometimes the sciaticnerve can become irritated by a lack of bloodsupply.• Mr Venables was overseeing the bran-bin, frowning Like an irritatedcamel.• Margot gets irritated if people leave dirtydishes in the sink.• There are expectantmiaows when tin-opener noises are detected and irritated miaows when some fixedroutine has been disregarded.• Teachers get irritated, of course they do, their elaborate and expensive training courses not withstanding.• Paul's was irritated with the children because he was tired.
irritated about/at/with/by• However, in recent years Conservativeministers have been irritated by a steadytrickle of government defeats in the Upper House.• You won't be irritated by a steeringwheel which writhes slightly between your hands as you accelerate.• Dorset gentry were irritated at Dorchester folk's disregard of their social superiors; national politics brought disaster.• Phoebe was now wide awake again and irritated with herself.• Now he was irritated with himself for making such a stupidcomment.• Manet was irritated with his friends Monet and Degas when they decided to exhibit elsewhere than the official Salon.• The man was too irritated at Lois right now.• I think she is a little irritated at needing to be worried.• More and more, I had become irritated by the friendlypresence of the old people at the table.