irascible

adj.

1. Prone to outbursts of temper; easily angered.
2. Characterized by or resulting from anger.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin īrāscibilis, from Latin īrāscī, to be angry, from īra, anger.]

irascibility i·ras'ci·bil'i·ty or i·ras'ci·ble·ness n.
irascibly i·ras'ci·bly adv.

(i-RAS-uh-buhl)

adjective
1. Quick-tempered.
2. Showing anger or resulting from anger.

Etymology
From Latin irascibilis (quick to anger), from irasci (to grow angry), from ira (anger). Ultimately from the Indo-European root eis- (passion), which is also the source of irate, ire, hierarchy, hieroglyphic, and estrogen

Usage
"Mr. Weir concludes from his large experience that the erection of the feathers is caused much more by anger than by fear. He gives as an instance a hybrid goldfinch of a most irascible disposition, which when approached too closely by a servant, instantly assumes the appearance of a ball of ruffled feathers." — Charles Darwin; The Expression of Emotions in Man and Animals; 1872.

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adjective

1. Having or showing a bad temper: bad-tempered, cantankerous, crabbed, cranky, cross, disagreeable, fretful, grouchy, grumpy, ill-tempered, irritable, nasty, peevish, petulant, querulous, snappish, snappy, surly, testy, ugly, waspish. Informal crabby, mean². Idioms: out of sorts. See attitude/good attitude/bad attitude/neutral attitude.
2. Easily annoyed: choleric, peppery, quick-tempered, testy, tetchy, touchy. See feelings.

adj

Definition: crabby
Antonyms: cheerful, happy

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IN BRIEF: Quick to anger.

His irascible temperament often got him into trouble.

Tutor's tip: The "irascible" (quick-tempered; easily angered) supervisor was angry to discover his message was gone from an "erasable" (able to be effaced or rubbed out) chalkboard.

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - opfarende, hidsig

Nederlands (Dutch)
prikkelbaar

Français (French)
adj. - irascible

Deutsch (German)
adj. - aufbrausend, reizbar

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - αψίθυμος, ευέξαπτος, ευερέθιστος

Italiano (Italian)
irascibile

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - irascível

Русский (Russian)
раздражительный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - irascible, colérico

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - hetsig, argsint, hetlevrad

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
易怒的, 暴躁的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 易怒的, 暴躁的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 성을 잘 내는, 성미가 급한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 怒りっぽい, 怒った

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) غضوب, سريع الغضب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮חם-מזג, רגזן‬

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