Irritable — synonyms, definition

1. irritable (a)

abrupt acrimonious angry annoyed cantankerous choleric churlish crabbed crabby cranky cross curt difficult disagreeable disappointed disgruntled displeased distressing disturbed excitable • • •

2. irritable (Verb)

cantankerous crabby cross disagreeable ill-natured ill-tempered testy

3. irritable (Adjective)

fractious narky nettlesome peckish pettish pouty scratchy techy tetchy

irritable (Adjective) — Easily irritated or annoyed. ex. "an incorrigibly irritable young man"

irritable (Adjective) — (pathology) abnormally sensitive to a stimulus.

irritable (Adjective) — (physiology) capable of responding to stimuli.