irritable
pronunciation
How to pronounce irritable in British English:
UK [ˈɪrɪtəbl]
How to pronounce irritable in American English:
US [ˈɪrɪtəbl]
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- Adjective:
- easily irritated or annoyed
- abnormally sensitive to a stimulus
- capable of responding to stimuli
Word Origin
- irritable (adj.)
- 1660s, from French irritable and directly from Latin irritabilis "easily excited," from irritare (see irritate). Related: Irritably.
Example
- 1. Are you tense , nervous and irritable all the time ?
- 2. You feel irritable , grumpy , or in a bad mood more often than not .
- 3. Professor ted kaptchuk divided 80 patients suffering from irritable bowel syndrome ( ibs ) into two groups .
- 4. The hour of the press conference came and went , while the reporters fidgeted and grew more irritable downstairs .
- 5. " When dependent smokers cannot smoke , as the period without cigarettes lengthens they tend to feel more and more edgy , irritable and uncomfortable , " hajek explained .