Sorry, no online dictionaries contain the exact phrase irritate by rubbing.
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1. chafe
2. abrade
3. rub raw
4. grate
5. dudder
6. frazzle
7. stab
8. damaged goods
9. nettle
10. rankle
11. shambles
12. sting
13. wark
14. ash
15. asperate
16. bemud
17. bruise
18. cag
19. cark
20. crank
21. cripple
22. dere
23. dretch
24. exulcerate
25. fit to be tied
26. gnawingly
27. grame
28. grating
29. gravel
30. gutshot
31. irk
32. irritate
33. jeel
34. massacree
35. pinched
36. pressed
37. scar
38. spight

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