"irritable" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈɪɹɪtəbl̩/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-irritable.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more irritable [comparative], most irritable [superlative]
Etymology: Borrowed from French irritable, from Latin irritabilis. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|irritable}} French irritable, {{der|en|la|irritabilis}} Latin irritabilis Head templates: {{en-adj}} irritable (comparative more irritable, superlative most irritable)
  1. Capable of being irritated. Translations (capable of being irritated): раздразнителен (razdraznitelen) (Bulgarian), irritable (Catalan), incitebla (Esperanto), incitiĝema (Esperanto), ärtyvä (Finnish), irritable (French), reizbar (German), greannaitheach (Irish), iradu (Kabuverdianu), āritarita (Maori), kiriweti (Maori), pukukino (Maori), ārita (Maori), amowheke (Maori), whanewhane (Maori), mānehenehe (Maori), irritabel (Norwegian Bokmål), irritabel (Norwegian Nynorsk), iritabil (Romanian), раздражи́тельный (razdražítelʹnyj) (Russian), carnaptious (Scots), crosta (Scottish Gaelic), gruamach (Scottish Gaelic), dranndanach (Scottish Gaelic), irritable (Spanish), hırçın (Turkish), huysuz (Turkish), aksi (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-irritable-en-adj-ovccgWQf Disambiguation of 'capable of being irritated': 96 2 2
  2. Easily exasperated or excited. Categories (topical): Emotions, Personality Translations (easily exasperated or excited): δύσκολος (dúskolos) (Ancient Greek), сприхав (sprihav) (Bulgarian), irritable (Catalan), ärtyisä (Finnish), kärttyisä (Finnish), kärttyinen (Finnish), irritable (French), reizbar (German), רָגִיז (ragíz) [masculine] (Hebrew), ingerlékeny (Hungarian), drisíneach (Irish), iradu (Kabuverdianu), ācriculus (Latin), stomachōsus (Latin), pukukino (Maori), brumsch (Plautdietsch), раздражительный (razdražitelʹnyj) (Russian), crosta (Scottish Gaelic), gruamach (Scottish Gaelic), irritable (Spanish), hırçın (Turkish), huysuz (Turkish), aksi (Turkish), дратівли́вий (drativlývyj) (Ukrainian), rıkın (diq) [common-gender] (Zazaki)
    Sense id: en-irritable-en-adj-zfo5tX96 Disambiguation of Emotions: 0 62 38 Disambiguation of Personality: 0 96 4 Disambiguation of 'easily exasperated or excited': 2 96 2
  3. (medicine) Responsive to stimuli. Categories (topical): Medicine Translations (responsive to stimuli): чувствителен (čuvstvitelen) (Bulgarian), herkkä (Finnish), herkkänahkainen (Finnish), irritable (French), reizbar (German), talusaling (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-irritable-en-adj-cTzAIMhv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 11 83 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 7 20 73 Topics: medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'responsive to stimuli': 1 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: enthusiastic, passionate Hyponyms: hyperirritable, snarkcastic Derived forms: irritably, irritability, irritable bowel syndrome, irritable heart Related terms: like a bear with a sore head, on edge, combative, quarrelsome

Alternative forms

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      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "easily exasperated or excited",
      "word": "pukukino"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "easily exasperated or excited",
      "word": "brumsch"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razdražitelʹnyj",
      "sense": "easily exasperated or excited",
      "word": "раздражительный"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "easily exasperated or excited",
      "word": "crosta"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "easily exasperated or excited",
      "word": "gruamach"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "easily exasperated or excited",
      "word": "irritable"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "easily exasperated or excited",
      "word": "hırçın"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "easily exasperated or excited",
      "word": "huysuz"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "easily exasperated or excited",
      "word": "aksi"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "drativlývyj",
      "sense": "easily exasperated or excited",
      "word": "дратівли́вий"
    },
    {
      "code": "zza",
      "lang": "Zazaki",
      "sense": "easily exasperated or excited",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "rıkın (diq)"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "čuvstvitelen",
      "sense": "responsive to stimuli",
      "word": "чувствителен"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "responsive to stimuli",
      "word": "herkkä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "responsive to stimuli",
      "word": "herkkänahkainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "responsive to stimuli",
      "word": "irritable"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "responsive to stimuli",
      "word": "reizbar"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "responsive to stimuli",
      "word": "talusaling"
    }
  ],
  "word": "irritable"
}

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