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irritable
01
prone to annoyance or frustration
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
qualitative
Superlative
most irritable
Comparative
more irritable
gradable
Examples
He becomes irritable when he has n't had enough sleep.
02
sensitive to or easily affected by stimuli
Examples
The doctor noted the patient 's eyes were particularly irritable to the flashlight's beam.
03
abnormally sensitive to a stimulus
Lexical Tree
irritability
irritably
irritable
irrit
