'Irritable' definitions:
Definition of 'irritable'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen" [syn: cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peevish, peckish, pettish, petulant, scratchy, testy, tetchy, techy]
adjective
Abnormally sensitive to a stimulus
adjective
Capable of responding to stimuli [syn: excitable, irritable]
Definition of 'Irritable'
From: GCIDE
- Irritable \Ir"ri*ta*ble\, a. [L. irritabilis: cf. F. irritable. See Irritate.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Capable of being irritated. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Very susceptible of anger or passion; easily inflamed or exasperated; as, an irritable temper. [1913 Webster]
- Vicious, old, and irritable. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Physiol.) Endowed with irritability; susceptible of irritation; capable of being excited to action by the application of certain stimuli. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Med.) Susceptible of irritation; unduly sensitive to irritants or stimuli. See Irritation, n., 3.
- Syn: Excitable; irascible; touchy; fretful; peevish. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'irritable'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- high-mettled,
- high-spirited,
- high-strung,
- highly emotional,
- 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
Words containing 'Irritable'
- Irritability,
- Irritableness,
- Irritably,
- Irritancy,
- Irritant,
- Irritate,
- Irritated,
- Irritating,
- Irritation,
- Irritative,
- irritatingly,
- Counter irritant,
- Counter irritation,
- Pure irritant,
- chemical irritant,
- irritable bowel syndrome,
- cranky fractious irritable peevish peckish pettish petulant testy tetchy techy,
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