irritation

Other forms of irritation

plural

irritations·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about irritation

What does irritation mean?

irritation means "the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed". That is the primary sense; the word has 7 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in irritation?

irritation has 4 syllables: ir-ri-ta-tion. The stress falls on "ta". In IPA it is /ˌɪɹɪˈteɪʃən/.

What is another word for irritation?

Close synonyms include annoyance, vexation, botheration, pique, temper. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is irritation a common word?

irritation is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with irritation?

89 words rhyme with irritation. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.