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Meaning of 'irritable' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Irritable [ a.]
- Capable of being irriated.
- Very susceptible of anger or passion; easily inflamed or exasperated; as, an irritable temper.
- Endowed with irritability; susceptible of irritation; capable of being excited to action by the application of certain stimuli.
- Susceptible of irritation; unduly sensitive to irritants or stimuli. See Irritation, n., 3.

Meaning of 'irritable' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . irritable [ s]
Meaning (1):
- easily irritated or annoyed
Example in sentence:
  • an incorrigibly fractious young man;
  • not the least nettlesome of his countrymen

Nearby Words:

irradiance irradiancy irradiant irradiate irradiated irradiating irradiation irradicate irrational irrationality

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