irritable
easily irritated or annoyed; readily excited to impatience or anger.
Physiology, Biology. displaying irritability.
Pathology. susceptible to physical irritation.
Medicine/Medical. abnormally sensitive to a stimulus.
Origin of irritable
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Other words for irritable
Other words from irritable
- ir·ri·ta·ble·ness, noun
- ir·ri·ta·bly, adverb
- non·ir·ri·ta·ble, adjective
- non·ir·ri·ta·ble·ness, noun
- non·ir·ri·ta·bly, adverb
- un·ir·ri·ta·ble, adjective
- un·ir·ri·ta·bly, adverb
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How to use irritable in a sentence
Chronic stress increases the risk of cardiovascular disease, irritable bowel disease, obesity, depression, asthma, arthritis, autoimmune diseases, cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, neurological disorders and obesity.
They Don’t Come As Pills, But Try These 6 Under-Prescribed Lifestyle Medicines For A Better, Longer Life | LGBTQ-Editor | December 23, 2021 | No Straight NewsNormally even-keeled, he was irritable and short-tempered, including with her son — and Huddleston’s soon-to-be stepson — Allan Osborn.
In the shadow of the towers: Five lives and a world transformed | Joby Warrick, Souad Mekhennet | September 2, 2021 | Washington PostAs the day approached, my daughter grew more and more irritable.
Kids are feeling anxiety about a ‘return to normal’ | Melinda Wenner Moyer | June 24, 2021 | Washington PostTake, for example, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), a condition that affects some 15 percent of Americans.
But new research shows it is indeed real, and may be the cause of asthma, irritable bowel syndrome, arthritis, and more.
New Research Shows Poorly Understood “Leaky Gut Syndrome” Is Real, May Be the Cause of Several Diseases | Daniela Drake | March 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
FODMAP foods can worsen irritable bowel symptoms for many of the 15 percent of Americans that suffer from the condition.
She was irritable and ornery almost all of the time, and she seemed to be trying to distance herself from the others.
Inside Tania Head’s Terrible 9/11 Lie: ‘The Woman Who Wasn’t There’ | Robin Gaby Fisher, Angelo J. Guglielmo, Jr. | April 6, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd he came across as irritable and snarky when asked to provide a succinct answer on how to address health care.
Newt Gingrich Will Be Everyone's Target on the Next Debate | Mark McKinnon | December 10, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTHe became irritable, distressed, and anxious—struggled hard to get the needful sum together, struggled and strove; but failed.
As, during the whole pepper-harvest, they feed wholly on this stimulant, they become exceedingly irritable.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; | VariousThere was also a moral reaction, and the boy became capricious, irritable, and unlike his former self.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky | Modeste TchaikovskyThere are few greater annoyances of life than an irritable woman, rendered doubly morose by the infirmities of years.
Madame Roland, Makers of History | John S. C. AbbottThe Colonel, who was suffering from an attack of rheumatic gout, was more irritable than usual.
The Cromptons | Mary J. Holmes
British Dictionary definitions for irritable
/ (ˈɪrɪtəbəl) /
quickly irritated; easily annoyed; peevish
(of all living organisms) capable of responding to such stimuli as heat, light, and touch
pathol abnormally sensitive
Derived forms of irritable
- irritability, noun
- irritableness, noun
- irritably, adverb
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