irritable

  • 41irritable — adjective 1》 easily annoyed or angered. 2》 Medicine characterized by abnormal sensitivity. 3》 Biology able to respond actively to physical stimuli. Derivatives irritability noun irritableness noun irritably adverb …

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  • 42irritable — a. 1. Irascible, fretful, testy, touchy, peevish, pettish, waspish, snappish, choleric, splenetic, captious, petulant, excitable, hot, hasty, peppery, passionate, fiery. 2. Susceptible (to the influence of a stimulus). 3. Excitable, highly… …

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  • 43irritable — adj 1. testy, touchy, snappish, petulant, irascible, prickly; excitable, fiery, inflammable, hasty, quick, trigger happy; high strung, hot tempered, hot blooded, thin skinned, quick tempered; peevish, huffish, waspish, raspy, peppery, fretful;… …

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  • 44irritable — ir·ri·ta·ble …

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  • 45irritable — adjective Syn: bad tempered, short tempered, irascible, tetchy, testy, grumpy, grouchy Ant: good humoured …

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  • 46irritable — UK [ˈɪrɪtəb(ə)l] / US adjective likely to become easily annoyed or impatient Derived words: irritability UK [ˌɪrɪtəˈbɪlətɪ] / US noun uncountable irritably adverb …

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  • 47irritable — [ˈɪrɪtəb(ə)l] adj likely to become easily annoyed or made angry irritability [ˌɪrɪtəˈbɪləti] noun [U] irritably adv …

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  • 48irritable — ir•ri•ta•ble [[t]ˈɪr ɪ tə bəl[/t]] adj. 1) easily irritated or annoyed; readily excited to impatience or anger 2) phl bio Biol. able to be excited to a characteristic action or function by the application of a stimulus 3) pat psi Pathol.… …

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  • 49irritable —   Nauki, ho onauki, nāukiuki, ho onāukiuki, a aka, huhū koke …

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  • 50irritable — adj. 1 easily annoyed or angered. 2 (of an organ etc.) very sensitive to contact. 3 Biol. responding actively to physical stimulus. Derivatives: irritability n. irritably adv. Etymology: L irritabilis (as IRRITATE) …

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