Related Searches
on Ask.com
irritability - 4 dictionary results
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.
Cite This Source
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.
Cite This Source
| ir·ri·ta·bil·i·ty
(ĭr'ĭ-tə-bĭl'ĭ-tē) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. ir·ri·ta·bil·i·ties
|
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source
| irritability | |
noun | |
| 1. | an irritable petulant feeling |
| 2. | excessive sensitivity of an organ or body part [syn: excitability] |
| 3. | a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger; "his temper was well known to all his employees" [syn: temper] |
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
Cite This Source
Cite This Source
Irritability
Ir`ri*ta*bil"i*ty\, n. [L. irritabilitas: cf. F. irritabilit['e].]1. The state or quality of being irritable; quick excitability; petulance; fretfulness; as, irritability of temper. 2. (Physiol.) A natural susceptibility, characteristic of all living organisms, tissues, and cells, to the influence of certain stimuli, response being manifested in a variety of ways, -- as that quality in plants by which they exhibit motion under suitable stimulation; esp., the property which living muscle processes, of responding either to a direct stimulus of its substance, or to the stimulating influence of its nerve fibers, the response being indicated by a change of form, or contraction; contractility. 3. (Med.) A condition of morbid excitability of an organ or part of the body; undue susceptibility to the influence of stimuli. See Irritation, n., 3.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
Cite This Source
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2008, Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
Get your FREE Subscription to Dictionary.com Word of the Day
The FREE Dictionary.com Toolbar
| Dictionary | Thesaurus | Reference |
The answers are right on your browser and just a click away with Dictionary.com Toolbar.


ɪ







