'Irascible' definitions:
Definition of 'irascible'
From: WordNet
adjective
Quickly aroused to anger; "a hotheaded commander" [syn: choleric, irascible, hotheaded, hot-tempered, quick-tempered, short-tempered]
adjective
Characterized by anger; "a choleric outburst"; "an irascible response" [syn: choleric, irascible]
Definition of 'Irascible'
From: GCIDE
- Irascible \I*ras"ci*ble\, a. [L. irascibilis, fr. irasci to be angry, ira anger: cf. F. irascible. See Ire.] Prone to anger; easily provoked or inflamed to anger; choleric; irritable; as, an irascible man; an irascible temper or mood. -- {I*ras"ci*ble*ness}, n. -- {I*ras"ci*bly}, adv. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'irascible'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- agitable,
- bearish,
- bitchy,
- cankered,
- cantankerous,
- churlish,
- contrary,
- crabbed,
- cranky,
- cross,
- cross-grained,
- crusty,
- cussed,
- difficult,
- disagreeable,
- edgy,
- emotional,
- emotionally unstable,
- eruptive,
- excitable,
- explosive,
- feisty,
- fractious,
- froward,
- high-mettled,
- high-spirited,
- high-strung,
- highly emotional,
- huffish,
- huffy,
- inflammable,
- irritable,
- mean,
- mettlesome,
- nervous,
- ornery,
- perturbable,
- perverse,
- prickly,
- sensitive,
- skittish,
- snappish,
- spiteful,
- spleeny,
- splenetic,
- startlish,
- stuffy,
- sulky,
- sullen,
- testy,
- touchy,
- ugly,
- volcanic,
- waspish,
- wayward,
- wrongheaded