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Thesaurus: irascible

Prone to anger; easily provoked or inflamed to anger; choleric; irritable; as, an irascible man; an irascible temper or mood.

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  1. a. Prone to anger; easily provoked or inflamed to anger; choleric; irritable; as, an irascible man; an irascible temper or mood.
  2. adj. quickly aroused to anger
  3. adj. characterized by anger
  4. Prone to anger; easily provoked or inflamed to anger; choleric; irritable; as, an irascible man; an irascible temper or mood. -- I*ras"ci*ble*ness, n. -- I*ras"ci*bly, adv.
  5. Prone to anger; easily provoked or inflamed to anger; choleric;irritable; as, an irascible man; an irascible temper or mood.-- I*ras"ci*ble*ness, n.-- I*ras"ci*bly, adv.
  6. j:100 s quickly aroused to anger s characterized by anger