irritable
[ ir-i-tuh-buhl ]
/ ˈɪr ɪ tə bəl /
adjective
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
SYNONYMS FOR irritable
1
snappish,
petulant,
resentful.
Irritable,
testy,
touchy,
irascible are adjectives meaning easily upset, offended, or angered.
Irritable means easily annoyed or bothered, and it implies cross and snappish behavior:
an irritable clerk, rude and hostile; Impatient and irritable, he was constantly complaining.
Testy describes the same kind of behavior or response, particularly to minor annoyances:
always on edge, testy and sharp in response; testy and petulant, resenting any interruption.
Touchy emphasizes oversensitivity and readiness to take offense, even when none is intended:
especially touchy about any reference to obesity.
Irascible means habitually angry or easily aroused to anger:
an irascible tyrant, roaring at employees for the slightest error.
OTHER WORDS FROM irritable
Words nearby irritable
irrigate,
irrigation,
irrigative,
irriguous,
irritability,
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irritable bowel syndrome,
irritable heart,
irritant,
irritate,
irritated
Example sentences from the Web for irritably
British Dictionary definitions for irritably
irritable
/ (ˈɪrɪtəbəl) /
adjective
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, adverbMedical definitions for irritably
irritable
[ ĭr′ĭ-tə-bəl ]
adj.
Capable of reacting to a stimulus.
Abnormally sensitive to a stimulus.