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irascibility
i·ras·ci·ble I0228300 (ĭ-răs′ə-bəl, ī-răs′-)adj.1. Prone to outbursts of temper; easily angered.2. Characterized by or resulting from anger.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin īrāscibilis, from Latin īrāscī, to be angry, from īra, anger; see eis- in Indo-European roots.]
i·ras′ci·bil′i·ty, i·ras′ci·ble·ness n.i·ras′ci·bly adv.irascibilitya tendency to irritability and sudden fits of anger. Also called irascibleness. — irascible, adj.See also: BehaviorThesaurus| Noun | 1. | irascibility - a feeling of resentful angerquick temper, short temper, spleenbad temper, ill temper - a persisting angry mood |
irascibilitynounA tendency to become angry or irritable:irascibleness, spleen, temper, temperament, tetchiness.Informal: dander.Slang: short fuse.Idiom: low boiling point.Translationsirascible (iˈrӕsibl) adjective irritable; easily made angry. 易怒的 易怒的iˈrascibly adverb 易怒地 易怒地iˌrasciˈbility noun 易怒 易怒Irascibility
IrascibilitySee also Anger, Exasperation, Shrewishness.Caius, Dr.irritable physician. [Br. Lit.: Merry Wives of Windsor]Donald Duckcantankerousness itself. [Comics: Horn, 216–217]Elishasics bears on boys for their jibing. [O.T.: II Kings 2:23–24]Findlay, Maudeout-spoken, oft-married, liberated woman. [TV: “Maude” in Terrace, II, 79–80]Grannycantankerous matriarch of the Clampett family. [TV: “The Beverly Hillbillies” in Terrace, I, 93–94]HotspurSir Henry Percy, so named for his fiery character. [Br. Lit.: I Henry IV]Houlihan, Hot Lipsresident termagant of M ° A ° S ° H 4077. [TV: “M ° A ° S ° H” in Terrace, II, 70–71]Nipper, Susansharp-tongued nurse of Florence Dombey. [Br. Lit.: Dombey and Son]Tybaltirascible foil to peacemaking Benvolio. [Br. Lit.: Romeo and Juliet]yellow bilehumor effecting temperament of irritability. [Medieval Physiology: Hall, 130]MedicalSeeirascibleirascibility
Synonyms for irascibilitynoun a tendency to become angry or irritableSynonyms- irascibleness
- spleen
- temper
- temperament
- tetchiness
- dander
- short fuse
Synonyms for irascibilitynoun a feeling of resentful angerSynonyms- quick temper
- short temper
- spleen
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