About The Word Irritable
Learn about the word Irritable to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Irritable definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Irritable
| 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"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.
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Virginia mallow ‐ tall handsome perennial herb of southeastern United States having…
- Sinecure ‐ an office that involves minimal duties [n] a benefice to which…
- Ground bait ‐ bait scattered on the water to…
- Ketoacidosis-resistant diabetes ‐ mild form of diabetes mellitus that develops gradually in adults;…
- Boolean logic ‐ a system of symbolic logic devised by George Boole; used in…
- Repine ‐ express…
- Chinese angelica ‐ similar to American angelica tree but less…
- Outlawry ‐ illegality as a consequence of unlawful acts; defiance of the…
- Flammable ‐ possible to burn
- Genus mastodon ‐ extinct type genus of the Mammutidae:…