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irritableness Definition


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irritable
adj
    1. Easily annoyed, angered or excited.
      Thesaurus: cantankerous, impatient, petulant, captious, irascible, tense, peevish, choleric, edgy, crotchety, testy; Antonym: cheerful, complacent.
    2. Extremely or excessively sensitive.
    3. biol.
      Denoting a living organism that is capable of responding to an external stimulus, such as light, heat or touch.
Derivative: irritability
noun
    Derivative: irritably
    adverb
      Etymology: 17c: see irritate.



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