irritates is a form of:

Irritate



ENGLISH MEANING
verb
1.
(TRANSITIVE) To render null and void.
2.
(TRANSITIVE) To increase the action or violence of; to heighten excitement in; to intensify; to stimulate.
3.
(TRANSITIVE) 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.
4.
(TRANSITIVE) To produce irritation in; to stimulate; to cause to contract.
5.
To make morbidly excitable, or oversensitive; to fret; as, the skin is irritated by friction; to irritate a wound by a coarse bandage.
1.
Excited, heightened