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irascibility

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i·ras·ci·ble  (-rs-bl, -rs-)
adj.
1. Prone to outbursts of temper; easily angered.
2. Characterized by or resulting from anger.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin rscibilis, from Latin rsc, to be angry, from ra, anger; see eis- in Indo-European roots.]

i·rasci·bili·ty, i·rasci·ble·ness n.
i·rasci·bly adv.

irascibility
a tendency to irritability and sudden fits of anger. Also called irascibleness. — irascible, adj.
See also: Behavior
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.irascibility - a feeling of resentful anger
bad temper, ill temper - a persisting angry mood
Translations
irascibility [ɪˌræsɪˈbɪlɪtɪ] Nirascibilidad f
irascibility
nReizbarkeit f, → Jähzorn m
irascibility [ɪˌræsɪˈbɪlɪtɪ] nirascibilità
irascibility [ɪˌræsɪˈbɪlɪtɪ] nirascibilità


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I repeated, with a degree of irascibility that roused her to lift her eyes and look me steadily in the face.
But Vronsky was startled and annoyed by the nervous irascibility with which Golenishtchev talked of the subject that engrossed him.
I mean such conditions as insanity, irascibility, and so on: for people are said to be mad or irascible in virtue of these.
 
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