irascible

(ĭ-răs'ə-bəl, ī-răs'-)
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.

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meaning 'irritable, hot-tempered', is spelt -ible, not -able. See -able, -ible.

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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

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.

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For a list of words related to irascible, see:

• Angry, Emotional, Aggressive, or Passionate

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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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