irritableadjective
uk/ˈɪr.ɪ.tə.bəl/us/ˈɪr.ə.t̬ə.bəl/C2 becoming annoyed very easily:
Be careful what you say - he's rather irritable today.
"Don't disturb me again," she said in an irritable (= angry) voice.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Bad-tempered
- argumentative
- bad-tempered
- be hell on wheels idiom
- be like a bear with a sore head idiom
- be spoiling for a fight idiom
- bilious
- dyspeptic
- fractious
- get out of bed (on) the wrong side idiom
- grouchy
- grumpy
- have a short fuse idiom
- petulant
- pugnacious
- quarrelsome
- quick temper
- ratty
- surly
- truculent
- wear thin idiom
See more results »
irritably
adverb uk/ˈɪr.ɪ.tə.bli/us/ˈɪr.ə.t̬ə.bli/
irritability
noun [ U ] uk/ˌɪr.ɪ.təˈbɪl.ə.ti/us/ˌɪr.ə.t̬əˈbɪl.ə.t̬i/