Irritable synonyms
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Part of speech:
(Informal) Rapid and without delay.
(Obs.) Melancholy
Gloomy; dismal.
Partially or totally dark, especially dismal and dreary:
Having a disagreeable, irritable, or malevolent disposition.
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Likely to snap or bite, as a dog.
Marked by a disposition to find and point out trivial faults:
pickle-pussed
Surly and peevish; cranky.
Easily aroused to anger.
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agreeable (antonym)
In pursuance, conformity, or accordance; used adverbially
easily offended
Having or showing a quick temper or irascible nature
Not satisfied (with the quality of something)
Expressing sorrow; mournful or melancholy.
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Threatening, as of weather conditions; ominous:
Sullenly melancholy; gloomy.
Creating unnecessary fuss.
Having a slender waist, like a wasp
Note: Cantankerous is generally used to describe an unpleasant elderly person in a slightly pejorative manner. However, the term can be used to people in general, livestock, and machinery as well.
Capriciously stubborn or eccentric; perverse.
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Characteristic of a curmudgeon; churlish
Marked by worry and distress; troublesome:
Full of complaint; peevish
Responding excessively to the stimulus of a foreign agent, such as an allergen.
Involving interchange; reciprocal.
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In a bad-tempered or sulky mood; grumpy
Harsh and throaty; hoarse
Containing a large amount of shortening; flaky:
The definition of sulky is someone or something that is gloomy or withdrawn.
Showing a brooding ill humor or silent resentment; morose or sulky.
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having a short fuse
sour-bellied
good-natured (antonym)
Having an easygoing, cheerful disposition.
quarrelsome (related)
The definition of quarrelsome is someone who is prone to getting into arguments or fights.
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Inclined to melancholy.
Of or like the color of bile
Not agreeable, conformable, or congruous; contrary; unsuitable.
(Not comparable) Of, relating to, or having dyspepsia or indigestion.
Having outlines that are too sharp
Charged with emotion; spirited:
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Hard to manage; unruly; rebellious; refractory
Restless and intolerant of delays
The definition of ornery is someone bad tempered or stubborn.
Querulous or discontented.
spleeny
Full of spleen; melancholy
Stretched tight; strained; taut
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Touchy; irritable; peevish
Very risky
happy (antonym)
Being especially well-adapted; felicitous:
cheerful (antonym)
Willing; ready
nice (antonym)
Showing or requiring great precision or sensitive discernment; subtle:
good-humored (antonym)
Alternative spelling of good-humored.
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Alternative spelling of bad-tempered.
Hard to understand because intricate or complicated
The definition of nasty is something that is very dirty, unpleasant or offensive.
Ill-natured; crossgrained; quarrelsome.
(Slang) Hard to cope with; difficult or troublesome:
attitude (related)
Having or showing a bad temper
Causing irritation or distress; vexatious.
The definition of peckish is hungry or cranky.
Peevish; petulant; cross
Harsh and irritating:
lethargic (related)
short-tempered (related)
depressed (related)
irritated (related)
nauseous (related)
drowsy (related)
restless (related)
listless (related)
Easily irritated:
Angered or offended
Tending to be very anxious and easily agitated.
Always ready to argue; quarrelsome
Inclined to dispute; fond of arguing; contentious
The definition of resentful is being angry or holding a grudge against something.
Tending to carp, or find fault; captious
Too critical; too severe in judgment; hard to please
out of humor
Causing, expecting, or characterized by falling prices or declining economic conditions.
pleasant (antonym)
The definition of pleasant is someone or something that is agreeable, enjoyable or likable.
Synonym Study
- Cranky and cross suggest moods in which one cannot be easily pleased or satisfied, cranky because of stubborn notions or whims, and cross because of ill humor
- Touchy applies to one who is acutely irritable or sensitive and is too easily offended
- Splenetic suggests a peevish moroseness in one quick to vent his malice or spite
- Irascible and choleric are applied to persons who are hot-tempered and can be roused to a fit of anger at the slightest irritation
- Irritable implies quick excitability to annoyance or anger, usually resulting from emotional tension, restlessness, physical indisposition, etc.
Find another word for irritable. In this page you can discover 104 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for irritable, like: snappy, splenetic, glum, snarling, grumbling, gloomy, ill-natured, snappish, captious, cranky and pickle-pussed.