English Explanatory Dictionary

irascible

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Easily provoked to outbursts of anger; irritable.
  2. Relating to the irascible passions.

Pronunciation

/ɪˈɹæs.ɪ.bəl/ /ɪˈɹæs.ə.bəl/ en-us-irascible.ogg /aɪˈɹæs.ɪ.bəl/

Word forms

irascible more irascible most irascible

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old French irascible, from Late Latin īrāscibilis, from Latin īrāscī (“to be angry, enraged”) + -bilis.

Synonyms

cantankerous choleric cranky bad-tempered ill-tempered hot-tempered atrabilious bilious bitchy brainish carnaptious crabbit crabby crotchety dyspeptic edgy fantoddish fiery fractious fretful grumpy grotchy grouchy hissy hot-livered hotheaded huffy humpy ill-natured irascible irritable liverish out of sorts ornery (chiefly US)} peevish pettish petulant prickly quick-tempered querulous raspy ratty short-tempered snappish snappy snippety snippish snippy snitchy splenetic stressy surly temperamental testy tetchy tetty thin-skinned thorny touchy twitchy

Related words

irate ire

Derived words

irascibility irascibleness irascibly unirascible
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