irritable Antonyms
Strongest:
- friendly
- gregarious
- cordial
- sweet
- outgoing
- extroverted
- agreeable
- good-natured
- outgoing
- friendly
- cordial
- sweet
- companionable
- extraverted
- amiable
- affable
- amiable
- genial
- companionable
- sociable
- affable
- sociable
- good-natured
- extroverted
- genial
- agreeable
- gregarious
- extraverted
Strong:
- easygoing
- patient
- stoic
- carefree
- stoical
- relaxed
- carefree
- tolerant
- stoical
- stoic
- relaxed
- good-tempered
- forbearing
- well-disposed
- well-disposed
- tolerant
- forbearing
- patient
- easygoing
- good-tempered
Weak:
Strongest:
- grumpy
- cross
- pettish
- snappish
- short-tempered
- grouchy
- peevish
- fiery
- crabby
- irascible
- choleric
- snarky
- passionate
- crotchety
- waspish
- petulant
- snippy
- testy
- raspy
- cranky
Strong:
- cantankerous
- ornery
- tetchy
- sensitive
- ratty
- dyspeptic
- out-of-humor
- sulky
- snippety
- snappy
- combative
- stuffy
- short
- querulous
- bilious
- ill-tempered
- disagreeable
- surly
- pugnacious
- snarly
- quick-tempered
- argumentative
- belligerent
- out-of-sorts
- contentious
- curmudgeonly
- fretful
- prickly
- perverse
- quarrelsome
Weak:
Meaning of irritable
irritable (s)
easily irritated or annoyed
abnormally sensitive to a stimulus
capable of responding to stimuli
irritable (a.)
Capable of being irriated.
Very susceptible of anger or passion; easily inflamed or exasperated; as, an irritable temper.
Endowed with irritability; susceptible of irritation; capable of being excited to action by the application of certain stimuli.
Susceptible of irritation; unduly sensitive to irritants or stimuli. See Irritation, n., 3.
irritable Sentence Examples
- The child was easily irritable and would often lash out at his siblings for little reasons.
- The woman's irritable demeanor made it difficult for her to keep a job or maintain relationships.
- The patient's irritability was a side effect of the medication he had been prescribed.
- The irritable weather made it difficult to enjoy being outdoors.
- The constant noise and activity of the city made the man irritable and stressed.
- The traffic jam made the driver irritable and short-tempered.
- The irritating sound of the fingernails scratching on the chalkboard made the students cringe.
- The politician's irritable comments about his opponent caused a scandal.
- The irritable rash on the child's skin made him miserable and uncomfortable.
- The ringing of the phone at 3 AM made the man irritable and sleepy.
FAQs About the word irritable
easily irritated or annoyed, abnormally sensitive to a stimulus, capable of responding to stimuliCapable of being irriated., Very susceptible of anger or passio
grumpy, cross, pettish, snappish, short-tempered, grouchy, peevish,fiery, crabby, irascible
friendly, gregarious, cordial, sweet, outgoing, extroverted, agreeable, good-natured, outgoing,friendly
The child was easily irritable and would often lash out at his siblings for little reasons.
The woman's irritable demeanor made it difficult for her to keep a job or maintain relationships.
The patient's irritability was a side effect of the medication he had been prescribed.
The irritable weather made it difficult to enjoy being outdoors.
