irritable

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adjective

1. easily irritated or annoyed (Freq. 1)
- an incorrigibly fractious young man
- not the least nettlesome of his countrymen
• Syn:
cranky, fractious, nettlesome, peevish, peckish,
pettish, petulant, scratchy, testy, tetchy, techy
• Similar to:
ill-natured
• Derivationally related forms:
tetchiness (for: tetchy), testiness (for: testy), petulance (for: petulant), pettishness (for: pettish), peevishness (for: peevish), irritability, fractiousness (for: fractious), crank (for: cranky), crankiness (for: cranky)
2. abnormally sensitive to a stimulus
• Similar to:
sensitive
• Derivationally related forms:
irritability
• Topics:
pathology
3. capable of responding to stimuli
• Syn:
excitable
• Similar to:
sensitive
• Topics:
physiology