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irascible
[ ih-ras-uh-buhl ]
adjective
- easily provoked to anger; very irritable:
an irascible old man.
Synonyms: short-tempered, choleric, peppery, touchy, testy
Antonyms: even-tempered, calm
- characterized or produced by anger:
an irascible response.
Synonyms: short-tempered, choleric, peppery, touchy, testy
Antonyms: even-tempered, calm
irascible
/ ɪˈræsɪbəl /
adjective
- easily angered; irritable
- showing irritability
an irascible action
Derived Forms
- iˌrasciˈbility, noun
- iˈrascibly, adverb
Other Words From
- i·rasci·bili·ty i·rasci·ble·ness noun
- i·rasci·bly adverb
- uni·rasci·bili·ty noun
- uni·rasci·ble adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of irascible1
Word History and Origins
Origin of irascible1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
She’s fighting patriarchal powers greater than herself, but she’s not to be underestimated, even if the production doesn’t quite clarify why everyone is in love with this stunning if rather irascible and self-involved young woman.
“A person who would define not just the sound of underground music through the next two decades, but also its discourse — the irascible, outspoken, intelligent and relentlessly ethical Steve Albini.”
"We love him. He was intrepid, he was funny, he was gruff, he was irascible, he was beautiful."
The club identifies, correctly, as a titan, and — under Pérez’s stewardship, in particular — it has taken great pride in living the values associated with the classical definition of that term: impetuous, impulsive, irascible.
Such a scourging faith projects the faithful into a vast unknown between humans and their unknowable, sometimes irascible God.
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