irritable

1. a. Capable of being irriated. Source: opted

2. a. Very susceptible of anger or passion; easily inflamed or exasperated; as, an irritable temper. Source: opted

3. a. Endowed with irritability; susceptible of irritation; capable of being excited to action by the application of certain stimuli. Source: opted

4. a. Susceptible of irritation; unduly sensitive to irritants or stimuli. See Irritation, n., 3. Source: opted

5. adj. easily irritated or annoyed Source: wordnet

6. adj. abnormally sensitive to a stimulus Source: wordnet

7. adj. capable of responding to stimuli Source: wordnet

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. Source: webster

9. Endowed with irritability; susceptible of irritation; capableof being excited to action by the application of certain stimuli. Source: adambom

10. j:100 s. abnormally sensitive to a stimulus Source: ecdict

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