irritate-v; 2 Senses

Sense Number 1: annoy

Commentary: NP1[+/-agent] IRRITATE NP2

Examples:
He irritated many with his angry stubbornness and his fierce,
combative integrity.

Mappings:
VerbNet: amuse-31.1
FrameNet: Experiencer_obj
PropBank: irritate.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1

Sense Number 2: excite to a condition/characteristic

Commentary: NP1[+/-agent] IRRITATE NP2

Examples:
Aspirin irritates the stomach.
I repeatedly irritated the glands with a needle.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2, 3