irascible

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(ĭ-răs'ə-bəl, ī-răs'-) pronunciation
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.


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

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Definition: crabby
Antonyms: cheerful, happy

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IN BRIEF: Quick to anger.

pronunciation 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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Irascible

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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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