Thesaurus: irritable

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1. a. Capable of being irriated.
2. a. Very susceptible of anger or passion; easily inflamed or exasperated; as, an irritable temper.
3. a. Endowed with irritability; susceptible of irritation; capable of being excited to action by the application of certain stimuli.
4. a. Susceptible of irritation; unduly sensitive to irritants or stimuli. See Irritation, n., 3.
5. adj. easily irritated or annoyed
6. adj. abnormally sensitive to a stimulus
7. adj. capable of responding to stimuli
8. 1. Capable of being irriated. 2. Very susceptible of anger or passion; easily inflamed or exasperated; as, an irritable temper. Vicious, old, and irritable. Tennyson. 3. (Physiol.) Endowed with irritability; susceptible of irritation; capable of being excited to action by the application of certain stimuli. 4. (Med.) Susceptible of irritation; unduly sensitive to irritants or stimuli. See Irritation, n., 3. Syn. -- Excitable; irascible; touchy; fretful; peevish.
9. Endowed with irritability; susceptible of irritation; capableof being excited to action by the application of certain stimuli.
10. j:100 s. abnormally sensitive to a stimulus