irritable

About 1.87 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Capable of being irritated.
2. adjective Easily exasperated or excited.

   an irritable old man

3. adjective Responsive to stimuli.

Similar words

testy nettlesome ill-natured tetchy pettish peevish petulant fractious excitable cranky

Often followed by

and bowel or colon mood temper with state in

Word family

irritableness irritablenesses irritabler irritablest irritably