English Explanatory Dictionary

irritable

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Capable of being irritated.
  2. Easily exasperated or excited.
  3. Responsive to stimuli.

Pronunciation

/ˈɪɹɪtəbl̩/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-irritable.wav

Word forms

irritable more irritable most irritable

Etymology

Borrowed from French irritable, from Latin irritabilis.

Synonyms

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 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

Antonyms

calm imperturbable serene

Related words

like a bear with a sore head on edge combative quarrelsome

Derived words

hyperirritable inirritable irritability irritable bowel syndrome irritable heart irritable male syndrome irritableness irritably nonirritable superirritable unirritable
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