IRRITABLE

cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peevish, peckish, pettish, petulant, scratchy, testy, tetchy, techy

(adjective) easily irritated or annoyed; “an incorrigibly fractious young man”; “not the least nettlesome of his countrymen”

excitable, irritable

(adjective) capable of responding to stimuli

irritable

(adjective) abnormally sensitive to a stimulus

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

irritable (comparative more irritable, superlative most irritable)

Capable of being irritated.

Easily exasperated or excited.

(medicine) Responsive to stimuli.

Synonyms

• See also irritable

Source: Wiktionary

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Ir"ri*ta*ble, a. Etym: [L. irritabilis: cf. F. irritable. See Irritate.]

1. Capable of being irriated.

2. Very susceptible of anger or passion; easily inflamed or exasperated; as, an irritable temper. Vicious, old, and irritable. Tennyson.

3. (Physiol.)

Definition: Endowed with irritability; susceptible of irritation; capable of being excited to action by the application of certain stimuli.

4. (Med.)

Definition: Susceptible of irritation; unduly sensitive to irritants or stimuli. See Irritation, n., 3.

Syn.

– Excitable; irascible; touchy; fretful; peevish.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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