| 单词 | irritable |
| 释义 | irritable —irritableness, n. —irritably, adv. /ir"i teuh beuhl/, adj. 1. easily irritated or annoyed; readily excited to impatience or anger. 2. Physiol. , Biol. displaying irritability. 3. Pathol. susceptible to physical irritation. 4. Med. abnormally sensitive to a stimulus. [1655-65; < L irritabilis, equiv. to irrita(re) to IRRITATE + -bilis -BLE] Syn. 1. snappish, petulant, resentful. IRRITABLE, TESTY, TOUCHY, IRASCIBLE are adjectives meaning easily upset, offended, or angered. IRRITABLE means easily annoyed or bothered, and it implies cross and snappish behavior: an irritable clerk, rude and hostile; Impatient and irritable, he was constantly complaining. TESTY describes the same kind of behavior or response, particularly to minor annoyances: always on edge, testy and sharp in response; testy and petulant, resenting any interruption. TOUCHY emphasizes oversensitivity and readiness to take offense, even when none is intended: especially touchy about any reference to obesity. IRASCIBLE means habitually angry or easily aroused to anger: an irascible tyrant, roaring at employees for the slightest error. |
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