Paul Dano

I'd always been fascinated by people who allow themselves to be so rude and irritated and foul-mouthed and hostile, but usually you can sense there's something vulnerable beneath them - a shield they use to protect that vulnerable side. Finally, when they expose that soft spot, it's kind of touching.

American Actor

Gary Oldman

I know what it means to do a job... I worked in a factory. I respect people in the service industry. What irritates me more is when people aren't respectful. There's a lot of nonsense behavior, especially in a place like Hollywood. The money, the power, they create little monsters.

English Actor

Geddy Lee

My diet, my regime, the whole life I have on the road has always got that little bit of stress because I'm always afraid I'm going to get a cold. And it's just such a nightmare when you got a cold or an irritation and you have to do a show.

Canadian Musician

Dalai Lama

I am sometimes sad when I hear the personal stories of Tibetan refugees who have been tortured or beaten. Some irritation, some anger comes. But it never lasts long. I always try to think at a deeper level, to find ways to console.

Tibetan Leader

Jamie Hyneman

We seriously irritate each other and don't want to spend any time together. And yet we have a profound respect for the partnership. We're like a couple of dogs with a rag.

American Entertainer

Nick Moran

No one thinks they're irritating. Nobody thinks they're boring. So if you're playing a character like that you have to play them as how they think of themselves.

Evelyn Underhill

After all it is those who have a deep and real inner life who are best able to deal with the irritating details of outer life.

English Writer

Joan Didion

I don't lead a writer's life. And I think that can be a source of suspicion and irritation to some people.

American Author

Louis Auchincloss

Perfection irritates as well as it attracts, in fiction as in life.

American Novelist

Pasquier Quesnel

The truth only irritates those it enlightens, but does not convert.

French Theologian

Use 'irritate' to describe actions or behaviors that are annoying but not extremely upsetting.

Expressing Annoyance

'Irritate' suggests a smaller, often continuous disturbance rather than a single, intense action.

Subtle Disturbance

Use 'irritate' to describe mild physical discomfort, often caused by a reaction to something.

Physical Discomfort

'Irritate' in medical terms often involves inflammation or sensitivity as a reaction.

Medical Context

In complex situations, 'irritate' means contributing to the problem, making it more problematic.

Worsening Situations

Avoid using 'irritate' aimed at someone's personality during conflict; it might escalate the situation.

Avoid During Conflicts

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 What's obvious to you may not be to the next person. And the opposite of the dumbest idea might just turn out to be the smartest. What about all that dumb stuff that happens in real life? Have you ever noticed how much comedy revolves around things that irritate, frustrate, and humiliate us?

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 and some of them are going to be irritating, but they're all related to me. So this email inspired me to dive into genealogy, which I always thought was a very staid and proper field, but it turns out it's going through a fascinating revolution, and a controversial one.

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 I need help with my wife. Lately, everything I do irritates her, even small things, like the noise I make when I chew. At breakfast, I noticed that she even tries to secretly put extra milk in my granola so it won't be as crunchy."

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 owns really get into your socks and really irritate you so wearing gaiters is one of the things it really helps fighting instead among apart from the ticks that's one of the reasons why we use that and there's my guy says yes you

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 That if they eat a lot of grass, it will actually help them regurgitate and it will stop the irritation in the stomach. So if they're not feeling well, they know it will help them feel better. So, yeah, How do lions mate?

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 dyrus eye contact she could not stand being moved touched or help and would begin to moan and bite on her wrist in her distress he's all very different now she now loves being lost Katie went from being irritated at

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 technique it's not unusual for the females to reject the amorous advances of their suitors it must be very irritating being followed around day and night sometimes they express their feelings quite locally

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 it doesn't really help it actually frustrates them or pinches him you know it just creates an irritation my suggestion is to use it when there's not so much intensity

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 Now, obviously I said this in a fit of mild irritation. But it would never have occurred to me to think

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