irritable
adjective/ˈɪrɪtəbl/
/ˈɪrɪtəbl/
- getting annoyed easily; showing your anger synonym bad-tempered
- to be tired and irritable
- She waved him away with an irritable gesture.
Extra ExamplesTopics Personal qualitiesc1- Don't let yourself become irritable with the patient.
- Having the children at home made him irritable.
- She got quite irritable with us.
- He sounded rather irritable on the phone.
- She was feeling extremely irritable that morning.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryIrritable is used with these nouns:- bladder
- bowel
- mood
- …
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Latin irritabilis, from the verb irritare.
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