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Meaning of 'irritability' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Irritability [ n.]
- The state or quality of being irritable; quick excitability; petulance; fretfulness; as, irritability of temper.
- A natural susceptibility, characteristic of all living organisms, tissues, and cells, to the influence of certain stimuli, response being manifested in a variety of ways, -- as that quality in plants by which they exhibit motion under suitable stimulation; esp., the property which living muscle processes, of responding either to a direct stimulus of its substance, or to the stimulating influence of its nerve fibers, the response being indicated by a change of form, or contraction; contractility.
- A condition of morbid excitability of an organ or part of the body; undue susceptibility to the influence of stimuli. See Irritation, n., 3.

Meaning of 'irritability' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . irritability [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger
Example in sentence:
  • his temper was well known to all his employees

Nearby Words:

irradiance irradiancy irradiant irradiate irradiated irradiating irradiation irradicate irrational irrationality

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