irritable

adj.

1. Easily irritated or annoyed.
2. Pathology. Abnormally sensitive to a stimulus.
3. Physiology. Capable of responding to stimuli.

[French irritable, from Latin irrītābilis, from irrītāre, to irritate.]

irritableness ir'ri·ta·ble·ness n.
irritably ir'ri·ta·bly adv.

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, mean². Idioms: out of sorts. See attitude/good attitude/bad attitude/neutral attitude.

adj

Definition: bad-tempered, crabby
Antonyms: cheerful, good-humored, happy, nice

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1. capable of reacting to a stimulus.
2. abnormally sensitive to stimuli.

• i. bowel syndrome — see irritable colon syndrome.

IN BRIEF: Impatient or angry over small things.

The lack of sleep and no food made him irritable.

Common misspelling(s) of irritable

• iritable

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - irritabel, pirrelig

Nederlands (Dutch)
prikkelbaar, lichtgeraakt, (over) gevoelig

Français (French)
adj. - irritable

Deutsch (German)
adj. - reizbar, gereizt

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ευερέθιστος, οξύθυμος

Italiano (Italian)
irritabile

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - irritável

Русский (Russian)
раздражительный, воспаленный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - irritable, irascible

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - (lätt)retlig, irritabel (äv. fysiol.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
易怒的, 急躁的

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

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 화를 잘 내는, 성미가 급한, 안달하는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 怒りっぽい, 短気な, 刺激反応性の, 過敏な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) نزق, سريع الغضب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮נוח להתרגז, עצבני‬

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