Definition & Meaning of "irritable"in English

irritable

prone to annoyance or frustration

bad-tempered

cantankerous

crabby

cranky

crotchety

Grammatical Information

Composition

Simple

qualitative

Superlative

most irritable

Comparative

more irritable

gradable

domain

emotion, behavior, personality

Examples

He becomes irritable when he hasn't had enough sleep.

sensitive to or easily affected by stimuli

Examples

The doctor noted the patient's eyes were particularly irritable to the flashlight's beam.

abnormally sensitive to a stimulus

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