irascible

Meaning

1. Easily provoked to outbursts of anger; irritable.
2. Relating to the irascible passions

Synonyms

quick-tempered

hot-tempered

irritable

choleric

wrathful

angry

😠

passionate

short-tempered

bad-tempered

surly

touchy

violent

churlish

annoyed

cantankerous

grumpy

hotheaded

ill-tempered

irritated

moody

morose

pettish

spitfire

sullen

waspish

waspy

easily angered

splenish

quick to take offense

tinder box

narky

nervous

cross

peevish

peppery

quick to take offence

pissed

quarrelsome

quick tempered

cranky

rash

restless

rude

saturnine

short tempered

combustible

snappish

sorehead

rageful

splenetic

Translations

irascible

irascibile

irascible

jähzornig

opvliegend

collerico

huysuz

sinirli

😠

ευέξαπτος

aufbrausend

iracundo

colèric

irritabile

iracund

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪˈɹæs.ɪ.bəl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: -

In summary

From Middle English, from Old French irascible, from Late Latin īrāscibilis, from Latin īrāscī (“to be angry, enraged”) + -bilis.