irascible
Meaning of irascible
adjective
- having or showing a tendency to be easily angered.
an irascible and difficult man
late Middle English: via French from late Latin irascibilis, from Latin irasci ‘grow angry’, from ira ‘anger’.
Information about irascible
- It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of irascible
iras-ci-ble
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- irascible is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
irascible synonyms
Meaning choleric:
Meaning having or showing a tendency to be easily annoyed:
Meaning irritable and inclined to speak sharply; snappish:
Meaning (of a dog) irritable and inclined to bite:
Meaning irritable and bad-tempered:
Meaning easily irritated; impatient and somewhat bad-tempered:
Meaning easily upset or offended; oversensitive:
Meaning tense, nervous, or irritable:
Meaning irritable:
Meaning readily expressing anger or irritation:
Meaning having indigestion or a consequent air of irritable bad temper:
Meaning bad-tempered and unfriendly:
Meaning annoyed:
Meaning (especially of an old person) easily irritated:
Meaning (of handwriting) very small and difficult to decipher:
Meaning irritable and bad-tempered; grumpy; complaining:
Meaning bad-tempered, argumentative, and uncooperative:
Meaning (especially of an old person) bad-tempered and negative:
Meaning having or showing an irritable disposition:
Meaning complaining in a rather petulant or whining manner:
Meaning tending to find fault or raise petty objections:
Meaning (typically of children) irritable and quarrelsome:
Meaning spiteful; bad-tempered:
Meaning bad-tempered or irritable:
Meaning (of a person) ready to take offence:
Meaning resembling or characteristic of a rat:
Meaning having a tendency to be easily angered; irascible:
Translation of irascible
- German: aufbrausend
- French: irascible
- Italian: irascibile, irritabile, collerico
- Spanish: irascible, colérico, colérica
Words that rhyme with irascible
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