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irascible::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | choleric |
| Derivation | irascibility |
an irascible response.
irascible::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | choleric, hot-tempered, hotheaded, quick-tempered, short-tempered |
| Derivation | irascibility |
Examples of irascible
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So this should be a great time for Apple's irascible chief executive Steve Jobs.
From the guardian.co.uk
His reputation among lawyers is that of a no-nonsense, if not irascible, jurist.
From the denverpost.com
Ginn and Smith met when they were 7 years old as irascible Cleveland schoolboys.
From the kentucky.com
The irascible members of the coaching fraternity didn't disappoint this weekend.
From the usatoday.com
Pulis is always pretty irascible, but he seemed particularly grumpy on Saturday.
From the edp24.co.uk
I'm never content with the available 24 hours, I'm at times somewhat irascible.
From the guardian.co.uk
He survived the loss by 13 years, intellectually intact but profane and irascible.
From the online.wsj.com
All the irascible Baron did for the cause of UK2K was produce 876 of the wins.
From the kentucky.com
Henwood's finely judged Winston is irascible, tired beyond measure but still sharp.
From the capitaltimes.co.nz
- Choleric: quickly aroused to anger; "a hotheaded commander"
- Choleric: characterized by anger; "a choleric outburst"; "an irascible response"
- (irascibility) a feeling of resentful anger
- Irritation or exacerbation, in biology and physiology, is a state of inflammation or painful reaction to allergy or cell-lining damage. A stimulus or agent which induces the state of irritation is an irritant. ...
- Easily provoked to outbursts of anger; irritable
- (irascibility) The quality of being irascible; irritability of temper
- (irascibly) In an irascible manner
- (ih RAS ih bul) adj. Easily provoked or angered.
- Easily angered; quick-tempered.
