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ir·ri·ta·ble
 irritable
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- pronunciation:
- I
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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective)
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adjective |
| definition 1: |
easily annoyed or angered.
She hadn't meant to snap at her husband, but she'd had a bad day at work and had come home irritable.- synonyms:
- crabby, fractious, grumpy, huffy, snappish, testy, touchy
- antonyms:
- easygoing
- similar words:
- bilious, cranky, cross, edgy, fretful, grouchy, impatient, out of sorts, peevish, perverse, pettish, petulant, quick-tempered, sensitive, snappy, thin-skinned, waspish
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| definition 2: |
very sensitive or responsive to physical stimulation; susceptible to irritation.
You should put a bandage over the healing sore because it will be irritable for a few days.- synonyms:
- reactive, sensitive
- antonyms:
- insensitive
- similar words:
- excitable, inflammable, susceptible, vulnerable
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| related words: |
cantankerous, choleric, ill-natured, moody, nervous, queasy, short, sullen, ticklish |
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| derivations: |
irritably (adv.), irritableness (n.) |
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