irritable
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irritable
- /ˈɪɹɪtəbl̩/
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French irritable, from Latin irritabilis.
adjective more irritable · most irritable
- Capable of being irritated.
- Easily exasperated or excited. an irritable old man
- Responsive to stimuli.
Similar: atrabilious, bad-tempered, bilious, bitchy, brainish, cantankerous, carnaptious, choleric, crabbit, crabby, cranky, crotchety, dyspeptic, edgy, fantoddish, fiery, fractious, fretful, grumpy, grotchy, grouchy, hissy, hot-livered, hot-tempered, hotheaded, huffy, humpy, ill-natured, ill-tempered, irascible · Opposite: calm, imperturbable, serene
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: testy, nettlesome, ill-natured, tetchy, pettish, peevish, petulant, fractious, excitable, cranky, peckish, sensitive, techy, annoyed, irritated, moody
adjective
Similar: atrabilious, bad-tempered, bilious, bitchy, brainish, cantankerous, carnaptious, choleric, crabbit, crabby, cranky, crotchety, dyspeptic, edgy, fantoddish, fiery, fractious, fretful, grumpy, grotchy, grouchy, hissy, hot-livered, hot-tempered, hotheaded, huffy, humpy, ill-natured, ill-tempered, irascible · Opposite: calm, imperturbable, serene
Translations
Every language
adj capable of being irritated
| Español | irritable |
|---|---|
| Français | irritable |
| Deutsch | reizbar |
| Română | iritabil |
| Русский | раздражи́тельный razdražítelʹnyj |
adj easily exasperated or excited
| Español | irritable |
|---|---|
| Français | irritable |
| Deutsch | reizbar |
| Русский | раздражительный razdražitelʹnyj |
| עברית | רָגִיז ragíz |
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title = {irritable},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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