irritating

English

Adjective

irritating (comparative more irritating, superlative most irritating)

Causing irritation, annoyance or pain.
irritating bureaucracy

irritating music

irritating person

irritating sounds
Stimulating or exciting a response.

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:annoying

Derived terms

Translations

causing irritation, annoyance or pain

Azerbaijani: qıcıqlandırıcı
Bikol Central: makaurag
Catalan: irritant (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 煩 / 烦 (zh) (fán), ^{(please verify)} 令人討厭 / 令人讨厌 (lìngrén tǎoyàn)
Dutch: irritant (nl)
Esperanto: iritanta
Finnish: ärsyttävä (fi), harmittava (fi)
French: énervant (fr)
Galician: irritante
Greek: εκνευριστικός (el) (eknevristikós)
Latin: molestus
Maori: hīrawerawe
Norwegian: irritende, irriterende (no)
Polish: irytujący (pl)
Russian: раздража́ющий (ru) (razdražájuščij)
Spanish: irritante (es)
Swedish: irriterande (sv)
Tagalog: nakakainis
Thai: คาย (th) (kaai)
Tày: cài coọc
Ukrainian: дратівли́вий (drativlývyj)
Vietnamese: ngứa (vi)

Stimulates or exciting a response

Swedish: irriterande (sv)

Verb

irritating

present participle and gerund of irritate