irritates
Definitions
Verb
- Cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
- Excite to an abnormal condition, or chafe or inflame
- Excite to some characteristic action or condition, such as motion, contraction, or nervous impulse, by the application of a stimulus
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Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "irritates".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | insects | 2 | 23 |
| 2 | shipments | 2 | 16 |
| 3 | gymnasts | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | infants | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | pigments | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | hereabouts | 3 | 2 |
| 7 | imitates | 3 | 2 |
| 8 | mitigates | 3 | 2 |
| 9 | originates | 4 | 2 |
| 10 | infant's | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | kilowatts | 3 | 1 |
| 12 | pinpoints | 2 | 1 |
| 13 | silicates | 3 | 1 |
| 14 | cypriots | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | dissipates | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | figments | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | gigabytes | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | hymowitz | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | immolates | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | imports' | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | infants' | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | innovates | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | insect's | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | kilobytes | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | lipschultz | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | litigates | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | liverworts | 3 | 0 |
| 28 | riverboat's | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | riverboats | 3 | 0 |
| 30 | sirowitz | 3 | 0 |
| 31 | vincent's | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | viscounts | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | winslet's | 2 | 0 |
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Words that are spelled similarly to the term "irritates".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pirates | 2 | 12 |
| 2 | irritation | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | irritated | 4 | 5 |
| 4 | irritable | 4 | 5 |
| 5 | imitate | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | irradiated | 5 | 5 |
| 7 | irritating | 4 | 4 |
| 8 | irritations | 4 | 3 |
| 9 | imitates | 3 | 2 |
| 10 | initiates | 4 | 2 |
| 11 | rotates | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | irritant | 3 | 1 |
| 13 | irrigate | 3 | 1 |
| 14 | reiterates | 4 | 1 |
| 15 | irritate | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | irritants | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | irrigated | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | irradiate | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | irrigators | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | infuriates | 4 | 0 |
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Words that contain the same consonants as the term "irritates".
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Term
Definitions: 3
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 33
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 0
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