Irritable

What do we mean by irritable?

Easily irritated or annoyed. adjective

Abnormally or excessively sensitive to a stimulus. adjective

Capable of responding to a stimulus. Used of an organism. adjective

Susceptible to mental irritation; liable to the excitement of anger or passion; irascible; petulant.

Susceptible to physical irritation; capable of being stimulated to action by external agency; liable to contract, shrink, become inflamed, etc., when excited or stimulated: as, irritable nerves; an irritable wound.

Specifically, in physiology and botany, possessing the property of irritability.

Responding quickly to a stimulus; sensitive; impressible.

Synonyms Passionate, etc. (see irascible); fretful, peevish.

Capable of being irritated. adjective

Very susceptible of anger or passion; easily inflamed or exasperated. adjective

Endowed with irritability; susceptible of irritation; capable of being excited to action by the application of certain stimuli. adjective

Susceptible of irritation; unduly sensitive to irritants or stimuli. See Irritation, n., 3. adjective

Capable of being irritated. adjective

Easily exasperated or excited. adjective

Responsive to stimuli. adjective

Capable of responding to stimuli adjective

Easily irritated or annoyed adjective

Abnormally sensitive to a stimulus adjective

Capable of being irritated.

Easily exasperated or excited.

Responsive to stimuli.

Words that are spelled similarly to irritable:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe irritable:
least, hypokinetic, little.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective irritable:
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Words that sound like irritable:
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