Associations to the word «Irritable»

Wiktionary

IRRITABLE, adjective. Capable of being irritated.
IRRITABLE, adjective. Easily exasperated or excited.
IRRITABLE, adjective. Responsive to stimuli.
IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME, noun. (pathology) A functional disorder causing the nerves and muscles of the large intestine to be oversensitive, leading to symptoms such as cramp, bloating, flatulence, diarrhoea and constipation.

Dictionary definition

IRRITABLE, adjective. Easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen".
IRRITABLE, adjective. Abnormally sensitive to a stimulus.
IRRITABLE, adjective. Capable of responding to stimuli.

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca