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Webster 1913 Edition


Irritable

Ir′ri-ta-ble

,
Adj.
[L.
irritabilis
: cf. F.
irritable
. See
Irritate
.]
1.
Capable of being irritated.
2.
Very susceptible of anger or passion; easily inflamed or exasperated;
as, an
irritable
temper
.
Vicious, old, and
irritable
.
Tennyson.
3.
(Physiol.)
Endowed with irritability; susceptible of irritation; capable of being excited to action by the application of certain stimuli.
Syn. – Excitable; irascible; touchy; fretful; peevish.

Webster 1828 Edition


Irritable

IR'RITABLE

,
Adj.
[from irritate.] Susceptible of excitement, or of heat and action, as animal bodies.
1.
Very susceptible of anger or passion; easily inflamed or exasperated; as an irritable temper.
2.
In physiology, susceptible of contraction, in consequence of the appulse of an external body.
In general, there is nothing irritable in the animal body, but the muscular fibers.

Definition 2024


irritable

irritable

English

Adjective

irritable (comparative more irritable, superlative most irritable)

  1. Capable of being irritated.
  2. Easily exasperated or excited.
  3. Responsive to stimuli.

Synonyms

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Derived terms

Translations


Catalan

Adjective

irritable m, f (masculine and feminine plural irritables)

  1. irritable

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Danish

Adjective

irritable

  1. definite of irritabel
  2. plural of irritabel

French

Adjective

irritable m, f (plural irritables)

  1. irritable

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Spanish

Adjective

irritable m, f (plural irritables)

  1. irritable

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