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ir·ri·ta·ble
(ĭr′ĭ-tə-bəl)adj.
1. Easily irritated or annoyed.
2. Medicine Abnormally or excessively sensitive to a stimulus: irritable bladder.
3. Capable of responding to a stimulus. Used of an organism.
[French irritable, from Latin irrītābilis, from irrītāre, to irritate.]
ir′ri·ta·bil′i·ty (-bĭl′ĭ-tē), ir′ri·ta·ble·ness n.
ir′ri·ta·bly adv.
irritable
(ˈɪrɪtəbəl)adj
1. quickly irritated; easily annoyed; peevish
2. (Biology) (of all living organisms) capable of responding to such stimuli as heat, light, and touch
3. (Pathology) pathol abnormally sensitive
ˌirritaˈbility n
ˈirritableness n
ˈirritably adv
ir•ri•ta•ble
(ˈɪr ɪ tə bəl)adj.
1. easily irritated or annoyed; readily excited to impatience or anger.
2. Biol. able to be excited to a characteristic action or function by the application of a stimulus.
3. Pathol. abnormally excitable or sensitive to stimulation.
[1655–65; < Latin]
ir`ri•ta•bil′i•ty, ir′ri•ta•ble•ness, n.
ir′ri•ta•bly, adv.
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Adj. | 1. | irritable - easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen" ill-natured - having an irritable and unpleasant disposition |
2. | irritable - abnormally sensitive to a stimulus pathology - the branch of medical science that studies the causes and nature and effects of diseases sensitive - responsive to physical stimuli; "a mimosa's leaves are sensitive to touch"; "a sensitive voltmeter"; "sensitive skin"; "sensitive to light" | |
3. | irritable - capable of responding to stimuli physiology - the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms sensitive - responsive to physical stimuli; "a mimosa's leaves are sensitive to touch"; "a sensitive voltmeter"; "sensitive skin"; "sensitive to light" |
irritable
adjective bad-tempered, cross, snappy, hot, tense, crabbed, fiery, snarling, prickly, exasperated, edgy, touchy, petulant, ill-tempered, irascible, cantankerous, tetchy, ratty (Brit. & N.Z. informal), testy, chippy (informal), fretful, peevish, crabby, dyspeptic, choleric, crotchety (informal), oversensitive, snappish, ill-humoured, narky (Brit. slang), out of humour He had been waiting for an hour and was starting to feel irritable.
calm, cheerful, good-natured, patient, composed, complacent, agreeable, imperturbable, even-tempered, unexcitable
calm, cheerful, good-natured, patient, composed, complacent, agreeable, imperturbable, even-tempered, unexcitable
irritable
adjectiveHaving or showing a bad temper:
bad-tempered, cantankerous, crabbed, cranky, cross, disagreeable, fretful, grouchy, grumpy, ill-tempered, irascible, nasty, peevish, petulant, querulous, snappish, snappy, surly, testy, ugly, waspish.
Idiom: out of sorts.
Translations
سَرِيعُ الغَضَبُسَريع الغَضَب
nedůtklivýpopudlivý
irritabel
ärtyisä
razdražljiv
uppstökkur
怒りっぽい
화를 쉽게 내는
razdražljiv
lättretlig
โกรธง่าย
çabuk kızançabuk kızaröfkesi burnundasinirli
dễ cáu kỉnh
irritate
(ˈiriteit) verb1. to annoy or make angry. The children's chatter irritated him.
2. to make (a part of the body) sore, red, itchy etc. Soap can irritate a baby's skin.
ˈirritable adjective easily annoyed. He was in an irritable mood.
ˈirritably adverbˌirritaˈbility noun
ˈirritableness noun
ˈirritating adjective
She has an irritating voice.
ˌirriˈtation nounirritable
→ سَرِيعُ الغَضَبُ nedůtklivý irritabel reizbar οξύθυμος irritable ärtyisä irritable razdražljiv irritabile 怒りっぽい 화를 쉽게 내는 lichtgeraakt irritabel drażliwy irritável раздражительный lättretlig โกรธง่าย çabuk kızan dễ cáu kỉnh 易怒的ir·ri·ta·ble
n. irritable, que reacciona con irritación a un estímulo;
___ bowel syndrome → síndrome de irritación intestinal.