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irritable
[ir-i-tuh-buhl]
adjective
easily irritated or annoyed; readily excited to impatience or anger.
Synonyms: , ,Physiology, Biology.displaying irritability.
Pathology.susceptible to physical irritation.
Medicine/Medical.abnormally sensitive to a stimulus.
irritable
/ ˈɪɪəə /
adjective
quickly irritated; easily annoyed; peevish
(of all living organisms) capable of responding to such stimuli as heat, light, and touch
pathol abnormally sensitive
Other 51Թ Forms
- irritableness noun
- irritably adverb
- nonirritable adjective
- nonirritableness noun
- nonirritably adverb
- unirritable adjective
- unirritably adverb
- ˈٲ adverb
- ˌٲˈٲ noun
- ˈٲԱ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of irritable1
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Example Sentences
The gruff, irritable and armed local who shows up only fuels their notion that death is surely around the corner.
Unusually irritable in his post-round news conference, he criticised the PGA's decision not to allow preferred lies - when players are allowed to lift and clean mud from their ball and then replace it without penalty.
He'd lost 15kg in weight, was tired and irritable and all he could think about was feeding what he called 'The Voice', the internal thoughts which "possessed" him and controlled everything he ate.
On some occasions, pre-match media briefings became short and irritable, with Ancelotti feeling he was not getting the club support he thought he deserved.
Doctors first suspected she was perimenopause or had irritable bowel syndrome and tests found a mild infection, but no follow-ups were done.
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