Meanings
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1
adj
Easily exasperated or excited.
An irritable old man.
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2
adj
easily irritated or annoyed
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3
adj
capable of responding to stimuli
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4
adj
abnormally sensitive to a stimulus
Thesaurus
Synonyms
2
adj
· easily irritated or annoyed
nettlesome
3
adj
· capable of responding to...
excitable
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Word family
Forms
irritably
Derived forms
hyperirritableinirritableirritabilityirritablenessirritablynonirritablesuperirritableunirritable
Etymology
Borrowed from French irritable, from Latin irritabilis.