Irritable - English meaning

Irritable – definitions in English dictionary

adjective
Having or showing a tendency to be easily annoyed.
Usage examples:
She was tired and irritable
Synonims:
Bad-temperedIrascibleTetchyTestyTouchyScratchyGrumpyGrouchyMoodyCrotchetyIn a (bad) moodCantankerousCurmudgeonlyIll-temperedIll-naturedIll-humouredPeevishCrossFractiousDisa
adjective
(of a body part) abnormally sensitive.
Usage examples:
I still have irritable bowels though and sometimes the pain keeps me up at night.

Irritable translation into English

Irritable: translate from English into Chinese

烦躁, 急躁, 暴躁, 过敏的, 坏心眼的, 易怒的

Irritable: translate from English into Dutch

Prikkelbaar, Lichtgeraakt

Irritable: translate from English into French

Irritable, Irascible, Coléreux

Irritable: translate from English into German

Reizbar, Gereizt

Irritable: translate from English into Hindi

चिड़चिड़ा, शीघ्र क्रुद्ध होनेवाला, तुनक मिजाज, शीघ्रकोपी

Irritable: translate from English into Italian

Irritabile, Nervoso, Insofferente, Nevrastenico

Irritable: translate from English into Korean

민감한, 성을 잘내는

Irritable: translate from English into Russian

Раздражительный, Раздражимый, Болезненный, Болезненно чувствительный, Воспринимающий раздражение

Irritable: translate from English into Spanish

Irritable, De mal humor, Nervioso, Cascarrabias, Enojadizo

Word origin

mid 17th century: from Latin irritabilis, from the verb irritare (see irritate).

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Irritable – similar words

irritably

adverb
In a way that shows that you become annoyed very easily
Usage examples:
"let her read," someone said irritably., she sighed, and tapped her fingers irritably on the table.

Irritably - all meanings in English

irritability

noun
The quality or state of being irritable.
Usage examples:
Symptoms include insomnia and irritability

noun
The quality of becoming annoyed very easily
Usage examples:
The drug can cause irritability., symptoms may include depression, irritability, and anxiety.

Irritability - all meanings in English

Irritable synonims

bad-tempered

adjective
Becoming annoyed or angry very easily

Bad-tempered - all meanings in English

cantankerous

ˌkænˈtæŋ.kər.əs

adjective
Bad-tempered, argumentative, and uncooperative.
Usage examples:
He can be a cantankerous old fossil at times

adjective
Having a difficult and contrary disposition

adjective
Annoyed and tending to argue and complain
Usage examples:
By dinner, we were all tired and cantankerous.

Cantankerous - all meanings in English

cross

krɒs

noun
A mark, object, or figure formed by two short intersecting lines or pieces (+ or ×).
Usage examples:
Place a cross against the preferred choice

verb
Go or extend across or to the other side of (an area, stretch of water, etc.).
Usage examples:
She has crossed the atlantic twice

adjective
Annoyed.
Usage examples:
He seemed to be very cross about something

Cross - all meanings in English

crotchety

ˈkrɒtʃ.ɪ.ti

adjective
Irritable.
Usage examples:
He was tired and crotchety

adjective
Easily annoyed or angered
Usage examples:
After ten hours in the car, we were all getting crotchety.

adjective
Often in a bad mood and easily annoyed
Usage examples:
By the time the meal began, the youngest children were getting tired and crotchety.

Crotchety - all meanings in English

curmudgeonly

kəˈmʌdʒ.ən.li

adjective
(especially of an old person) bad-tempered and negative.
Usage examples:
A curmudgeonly old man

adjective
Often in a bad mood
Usage examples:
A superb drama about a curmudgeonly old man, "i don't want to sound curmudgeonly, but i really dese…

Curmudgeonly - all meanings in English

fractious

ˈfræk.ʃəs

adjective
(typically of children) irritable and quarrelsome.
Usage examples:
They fight and squabble like fractious children

adjective
Tending to argue, fight, or complain, and hard to control
Usage examples:
Fractious relationships, the fractious nature of politics

adjective
Easily upset or annoyed, and often complaining
Usage examples:
A fractious child

Fractious - all meanings in English

grouchy

ˈɡraʊ.tʃi

adjective
Irritable and bad-tempered; grumpy; complaining.
Usage examples:
The old man grew sulky and grouchy

adjective
Easily annoyed and complaining
Usage examples:
Don't be so grouchy!

Grouchy - all meanings in English

grumpy

ˈɡrʌm.pi

adjective
Bad-tempered and irritable.
Usage examples:
His performance as the grumpy gateman

adjective
Being in a slightly angry mood because you are annoyed at something or are feeling tired
Usage examples:
Dad is always grumpy on monday mornings.

adjective
Easily annoyed and complaining
Usage examples:
I hadn't had enough sleep and was feeling kind of grumpy., a grumpy old man

Grumpy - all meanings in English

ill-humoured

adjective
Unfriendly or in a bad mood
Usage examples:
He was a surly and ill-humoured man., although their discussions were at times intense, they were n…

Ill-humoured - all meanings in English

ill-natured

adjective
Unpleasant, unkind, or unfriendly
Usage examples:
The allegations are completely misguided and ill-natured., ill-natured critics harass them with que…

Ill-natured - all meanings in English

ill-tempered

adjective
Easily annoyed
Usage examples:
An increasingly ill-tempered match saw three players sent off before half-time.

Ill-tempered - all meanings in English

irascible

adjective
Having or showing a tendency to be easily angered.
Usage examples:
An irascible and difficult man

adjective
Quickly aroused to anger

adjective
(of a person) easily made angry
Usage examples:
A cranky, irascible artist

Irascible - all meanings in English

moody

adjective
(of a person) given to unpredictable changes of mood, especially sudden bouts of gloominess or sullenness.
Usage examples:
His moody adolescent brother

adjective
(of a person) often sad, or changing from being happy to sad, often for no clear reason

Moody - all meanings in English

peevish

adjective
Having or showing an irritable disposition.
Usage examples:
A thin peevish voice

Peevish - all meanings in English

scratchy

adjective
(especially of a fabric or garment) having a rough, uncomfortable texture and tending to cause itching or discomfort.
Usage examples:
A cardigan in a scratchy wool

Scratchy - all meanings in English

testy

adjective
Easily irritated; impatient and somewhat bad-tempered.
Usage examples:
His testy, disapproving father

adjective
Lacking patience and feeling upset
Usage examples:
My wife gets testy if we don’t have dessert.

Testy - all meanings in English

tetchy

adjective
Irritable and bad-tempered.
Usage examples:
She had always been tetchy and impatient with him

adjective
Easily made angry, unhappy, or upset
Usage examples:
Be careful what you say to anna - she's been a little tetchy lately.

Tetchy - all meanings in English

touchy

adjective
Easily upset or offended; oversensitive.
Usage examples:
She's a little touchy about her age

adjective
Easily angered or made unhappy
Usage examples:
She’s touchy about people borrowing her books., politics can be a very touchy subject in some famil…

Touchy - all meanings in English

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