Synonyms for irritable
ˈɪr ɪ tə bəlir·ri·ta·ble

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1. cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peevish, peckish, pettish, petulant, scratchy, testy, tetchy, techyadjective

   easily irritated or annoyed

   "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"

   Synonyms:
   irritating, rough, tender, bothersome, galling, cranky, gravelly, crank, pesky, scratchy, pettish, pestiferous, pestering, abrasive, uneven, vexing, petulant, excitable, plaguey, refractory, teasing, tippy, peevish, rasping, recalcitrant, nettlesome, fractious, plaguy, tetchy, testy, spotty, techy, vexatious, raspy, peckish, annoying, grating

   Antonyms:
   insensitive, good-natured

2. irritableadjective

   abnormally sensitive to a stimulus

   Synonyms:
   scratchy, fractious, nettlesome, cranky, peevish, techy, petulant, pettish, tetchy, testy, excitable, peckish

   Antonyms:
   insensitive, good-natured

3. excitable, irritableadjective

   capable of responding to stimuli

   Synonyms:
   scratchy, fractious, nettlesome, cranky, peevish, techy, petulant, pettish, tetchy, testy, excitable, peckish

   Antonyms:
   insensitive, good-natured

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1. • Pathology
   • Physiology

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1. irritableadjective

   Synonyms:
   irascible, fretful, testy, touchy, peevish, pettish, waspish, snappish, choleric, splenetic, captious, petulant, excitable, hot, peppery, passionate, fiery

2. irritableadjective

   Synonyms:
   susceptible (to the influence of a stimulus)

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1. irritableadjective

   Synonyms:
   irascible, fretful, spleeny, choleric, petulant, fiery, captious, splenetic

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1. List of paraphrases for "irritable":

   lrritable, excitable, moody, annoyed

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1. Charles Krauthammer:

   What struck me above all was not the misstatement of facts or the delusions about what's going on, it's the president's tone. There was this lassitude, passivity, annoyance, he was irritable, you know, 'You guys asking me again if the strategy is working,' as if it's all so obvious that it is.

2. Bible, Paul, 1 Corinthians 13:4-7:

   Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

3. Edmund Burke:

   The wise determine from the gravity of the case the irritable, from sensibility to oppression the high minded, from disdain and indignation at abusive power in unworthy hands.

4. Amy Arnsten:

   You notice things like being more irritable, more destructive, less motivated, less hopeful.

5. Andrew Marr:

   Constantly agitated, finding myself irritable and that would turn into a burning rage, which was very uncomfortable to deal with, especially when you don’t want to be feeling like that and you try to turn it off and it won’t turn off.