1. 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.
How do you spell irritably?
ir·ri·ta·ble
- Easily irritated or annoyed.
- Medicine Abnormally or excessively sensitive to a stimulus: irritable bladder.
- Capable of responding to a stimulus. Used of an organism.
What is a irascible person?
: marked by hot temper and easily provoked anger.
