irascible
21irascible — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. peevish, cranky, irritable; see angry , irritable . See Synonym Study at irritable . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) a. [i RAS uh bul] quick tempered or easily angered. Mike was irascible; we walked on… …
22irascible — i|ras|ci|ble [ıˈræsıbəl] adj written [Date: 1500 1600; : French; Origin: Late Latin irascibilis, from Latin ira; IRE] easily becoming angry ▪ an irascible old man …
23irascible — adjective formal easily becoming angry: He was an irascible, energetic little man. irascibly adverb irascibility noun (U) …
24irascible — adjective this hot weather has put everyone in an irascible mood Syn: irritable, quick tempered, short tempered, hot tempered, testy, touchy, tetchy, edgy, crabby, petulant, waspish, dyspeptic, snappish; cross, surly, crusty, grouchy, grumpy …
25irascible — i•ras•ci•ble [[t]ɪˈræs ə bəl[/t]] adj. 1) easily provoked to anger; very irritable 2) characterized or produced by anger: an irascible response[/ex] • Etymology: 1350–1400; ME irascibel < LL īrāscibilis, der. of L īrāsc(ī) to grow angry i•ras… …
26irascible — adjective Etymology: Middle French, from Late Latin irascibilis, from Latin irasci to become angry, be angry, from ira Date: circa 1530 marked by hot temper and easily provoked anger • irascibility noun • irascibleness noun • irascibly adverb …
27irascible — adjective /ɪˈɹæs.ɪ.bəl,ɪˈɹæs.ə.bəl/ Easily provoked to outbursts of anger; irritable. Syn: choleric See Also: irascibility, irascibleness, irascibly …
28irascible — Synonyms and related words: agitable, bearish, bitchy, cankered, cantankerous, churlish, contrary, crabbed, cranky, cross, cross grained, crusty, cussed, difficult, disagreeable, edgy, emotional, emotionally unstable, eruptive, excitable,… …
29irascible — i|ras|ci|ble Mot Pla Adjectiu invariable …
30irascible — i|ras|ci|ble [ ı ræsəbl ] adjective FORMAL easily becoming angry …
