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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.

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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

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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" peevish, pettish, petulant, techy, testy, tetchy, scratchy, cranky, fractious, nettlesome, peckish 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 excitable 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

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irritable

adjective

Having 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.

Informal: crabby, mean.

Idiom: out of sorts.

Translations

سَرِيعُ الغَضَبُسَريع الغَضَب

nedůtklivýpopudlivý

irritabel

ärtyisä

razdražljiv

uppstökkur

irritabile irascibile

怒りっぽい

화를 쉽게 내는

razdražljiv

lättretlig

โกรธง่าย

çabuk kızançabuk kızaröfkesi burnundasinirli

dễ cáu kỉnh

易怒的易激怒的

irritable

[ˈɪrɪtəbl] ADJ

1. (= easily annoyed) [person] → irritable; [temperament] → irascible, colérico
to get or become irritable → irritarse
to be in an irritable mood → estar irritable

2. (= sensitive) [skin] → sensible

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

irritable

[ˈɪrɪtəb^əl] adj

[person] → irritable
to get irritable → devenir irritable
to feel irritable → être irrité irritable bowel syndromeirritable bowel syndrome n → syndrome m du côlon irritable

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irritable

adj (as characteristic) → reizbar; (on occasion) → gereizt; don’t be so irritable → sei doch nicht so gereizt

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irritable

[ˈɪrɪtəbl] adj → irritabile

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irritate

(ˈiriteit) verb

1. 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 adverb

ˌirritaˈbility noun

ˈirritableness noun

ˈirritating adjective

She has an irritating voice.

ˌirriˈtation noun

irritable

→ 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.

irritable

adj irritable

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