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English Dictionary: irritable	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
irritable adj easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen" Synonym(s): cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peevish, peckish, pettish, petulant, scratchy, testy, tetchy, techy abnormally sensitive to a stimulus capable of responding to stimuli Synonym(s): excitable, irritable
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Irritable \Ir"ritable\, a. [L. irritabilis: cf. F. irritable. See {Irritate}.] 1. Capable of being irriated. 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. 4. (Med.) Susceptible of irritation; unduly sensitive to irritants or stimuli. See {Irritation}, n., 3. Syn: Excitable; irascible; touchy; fretful; peevish.