About The Word Irritable
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Irritable
| Irritable Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Irritable?
[adj] easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"
[adj] (physiology) capable of responding to stimuli [adj] (pathology) abnormally sensitive to a stimulus Synonyms | Synonyms for Irritable: cranky | excitable | fractious | ill-natured | nettlesome | peckish | peevish | pettish | petulant | sensitive | techy | testy | tetchy Related Terms | Find terms related to Irritable: aggressive | agitable | all nerves | allergic | anaphylactic | apprehensive | bad-tempered | bearish | bellicose | belligerent | bickering | bitchy | cankered | cantankerous | choleric | churlish | combative | crabbed | crabby | cranky | cross | cross-grained | crotchety | crusty | cussed | delicate | disagreeable | disputatious | divisive | dyspeptic | edgy | emotional | emotionally unstable | empathetic | empathic | eristic | eruptive | excitable | explosive | factional | factious | fearful | feisty | fractious | fretful | frightened | goosy | grouchy | gruff | highly emotional | high-mettled | high-spirited | high-strung | huffish | huffy | hyperesthetic | hyperpathic | hypersensitive | ill-humored | ill-tempered | impatient | inflammable | irascible | itchy | litigious | mean | mettlesome | moody | nerves on edge | nervous | nervy | on edge | ornery | overrefined | oversensible | oversensitive | overstrung | overtender | panicky | partisan | passible | peevish | perturbable | perverse | pettish | petulant | pindling | polarizing | polemic | prickly | pugnacious | quarrelsome | querulous | raspy | refined | responsive | sensitive | short-tempered | shrewish | skittish | snappish | snappy | spiteful | spleeny | splenetic | startlish | supersensitive | sympathetic | tactful | temperamental | tender | testy | tetchy | thin-skinned | ticklish | touchy | ugly | uneasy | volcanic | waspish | whiny | wrangling See Also | Irritable In Webster's Dictionary \Ir"ri*ta*ble\, a. [L. irritabilis: cf. F. irritable.
See {Irritate}.]
1. Capable of being irriated.
2. Very susceptible of anger or passion; easily inflamed or
exasperated; as, an irritable temper.
Vicious, old, and irritable. --Tennyson.
3. (Physiol.) Endowed with irritability; susceptible of
irritation; capable of being excited to action by the
application of certain stimuli.
4. (Med.) Susceptible of irritation; unduly sensitive to
irritants or stimuli. See {Irritation}, n., 3.
Syn: Excitable; irascible; touchy; fretful; peevish.
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