irascible
pronunciation
How to pronounce irascible in British English:
UK [ɪˈræsəbl]
How to pronounce irascible in American English:
US [ɪˈræsəbəl, aɪˈræs-]
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- Adjective:
- quickly aroused to anger
- characterized by anger
Word Origin
- irascible (adj.)
- late 14c., from Middle French irascible (12c.) and directly from Late Latin irascibilis, from Latin irasci "be angry, be in a rage," from ira "anger" (see ire).
Example
- 1. Suffocated by an irascible government , the country 's newspapers are now the least informative in east africa .
- 2. Donald duck - the irascible but unflappable waterfowl - prepared to be feted in grand fashion , as he turned 75 years old tuesday .
- 3. It suggests an overestimation of congress 's strength , and the party 's failure to reassure the tc 's irascible leader , mamata banerjee , is careless at best .
- 4. " Eurosclerosis " , as it was called , led , under the european commission presidency of jacques delors , a brilliant and irascible french politician , to the single market in 1992 and to a rejuvenation of europe 's institutions .
- 5. Since december 's bungled currency controls and january 's muddle-headed changes to the law on foreign business ownership , it has seemed only a matter of time before pridiyathorn devakula , thailand 's irascible finance minister and deputy prime minister , either resigned or was sacked .