irritable
easily irritated or annoyed; readily excited to impatience or anger.
Physiology, Biology. displaying irritability.
Pathology. susceptible to physical irritation.
Medicine/Medical. abnormally sensitive to a stimulus.
Origin of irritable
1synonym study For irritable
Other words for irritable
Other words from irritable
- ir·ri·ta·ble·ness, noun
- ir·ri·ta·bly, adverb
- non·ir·ri·ta·ble, adjective
- non·ir·ri·ta·ble·ness, noun
- non·ir·ri·ta·bly, adverb
- un·ir·ri·ta·ble, adjective
- un·ir·ri·ta·bly, adverb
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How to use irritable in a sentence
Cochrane blinked, lifted even out of his irritableness by the sight before him.
Operation: Outer Space | William Fitzgerald JenkinsI would to God that I, too, possessed the tender irritableness of unhandled sensibility.
Letters of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Vol. I (of 2) | Samuel Taylor ColeridgeShe was well acquainted with her parent's irritableness, and even more familiar with her indurated indifference.
The Eddy | Clarence L. CullenHis style has all the restlessness and irritableness of hunger about it—the hunger of love.
The Expositor's Bible: The Book of the Twelve Prophets, Vol. I | George Adam SmithHe felt no anger at the denunciation, only a plaguing irritableness, an annoyance with both Harding and himself.
Skin Game | Charles E. Fritch
British Dictionary definitions for irritable
/ (ˈɪrɪtəbəl) /
quickly irritated; easily annoyed; peevish
(of all living organisms) capable of responding to such stimuli as heat, light, and touch
pathol abnormally sensitive
Derived forms of irritable
- irritability, noun
- irritableness, noun
- irritably, adverb
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