irascible

About 0.34 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Easily provoked to outbursts of anger; irritable.
2. adjective Manifesting anger.
3. adjective (Can we verify this sense?) Relating to irascible passions.

Similar words

quick-tempered ill-natured short-tempered hot-tempered hotheaded angry choleric short ornery irritable

Often followed by

and old temper man passions appetite in temperament power

Word family

irascibilities irascibility irascibleness irasciblenesses irascibly