Word Frequency
irritable (ˈɪrɪtəbəl
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Definitions
adjective
- quickly irritated; easily annoyed; peevish
- (of all living organisms) capable of responding to such stimuli as heat, light, and touch
- (pathology) abnormally sensitive
Derived Forms
ˌirritaˈbility nounˈirritableness noun
ˈirritably adverb
Synonyms
View thesaurus entry = bad-tempered, cross, snappy, hot, tense, crabbed, fiery, snarling, prickly, exasperated, edgy, touchy, petulant, ill-tempered, irascible, cantankerous, tetchy, ratty, testy, chippy, fretful, peevish, crabby, dyspeptic, choleric, crotchety, oversensitive, snappish, ill-humoured, narky, out of humour,
Translations for 'irritable'
- British English: irritable If you are irritable, you are easily annoyed.He had missed his dinner, and grew irritable.ˈɪrɪtəbl ADJECTIVE
- Arabic: سَرِيعُ الغَضَبُ
- Brazilian Portuguese: irritável
- Chinese: 易怒的
- Croatian: razdražljiv razdražljiva
- Czech: nedůtklivý
- Danish: irritabel
- Dutch: lichtgeraakt
- European Spanish: irritable
- Finnish: ärtyisä
- French: irritable
- German: reizbarnervös
- Greek: οξύθυμος οξύθυμη
- Italian: irritabile
- Japanese: 怒りっぽい
- Korean: 화를 쉽게 내는
- Norwegian: irritabel
- Polish: drażliwy drażliwa
- Portuguese: irritável
- Romanian: irascibil irascibil, irascibilă, irascibili, irascibile
- Russian: раздражительный раздражительная
- Spanish: irritable
- Swedish: lättretlig lättretligt
- Thai: โกรธง่าย
- Turkish: çabuk kızan
- Ukrainian: дратівливий
- Vietnamese: dễ cáu kỉnh
Example Sentences Including 'irritable'
- Only tense, irritable people get high blood pressure: 68 %.Toronto Sun (2003)
He slept fitfully, uncomfortably, woke often feeling anxious, he was tired and irritable and grumpy when his alarm eventually rang.THE KINDEST USE A KNIFE (2002)
His drinking, on the other hand, increased and he became irritable and sleepy.THE MEDICAL MYSTERIES E-OMNIBUS (2001)
In primary care about half of the patients seen with gut complaints have FGID, the most common disorder being irritable bowel syndrome.British Medical Journal (2002)
Moody men may be suffering from a condition called irritable male syndrome, a British scientist claimed yesterday.Glasgow Herald (2002)
Sally off with her friends all the time and Charlie and I skittering about on the surface of our lives, tired and irritable.LOSING IT (2002)
She heard a window being thrown up and her mother calling out in an irritable voice, I've told you no!Grace
She seems as irritable , disappointed and sex-starved as Cloris Leachman in The Last Picture Show.Globe and Mail (2003)
Then there is irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), which affects one in five young women.Independent (1999)
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