IRRITATE Copy link • IRRITATETo make angry, aliquem iratum reddere: iram, bilem, or stomachum alicui movere: concitare (to excite; e.g., animum injuriis, Cic.): ☞ irritare aliquem absolutely, in the sense of “irritating” is not classical; but irritare aliquem or alicujus animum ad aliquid (e.g., animos ad bellum, etc.) is. To be irritated, iratum fieri; ira incendi; (ira) excandescere: he employed all possible means of irritating the soldiers, quibuscunque irritamentis poterat, iras militum acuebat (Liv.). IMPROPR., To irritate wounds, vulnera inflammare; the nerves, motum excitare in nervis (☞ Cic., De Or., 1, 46, 202: nimium or vehementiorem might be added).