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Irritable Definition And Meaning
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"ritable\, 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.

Irritable Definition And Meaning

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

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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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