Antonyms for irritable
ˈɪr ɪ tə bəlir·ri·ta·ble

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1. cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peevish, peckish, pettish, petulant, scratchy, testy, tetchy, techyadjective

   easily irritated or annoyed

   "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"

   Antonyms:
   insensitive, good-natured

   Synonyms:
   irritating, rough, tender, bothersome, galling, cranky, gravelly, crank, pesky, scratchy, pettish, pestiferous, pestering, abrasive, uneven, vexing, petulant, excitable, plaguey, refractory, teasing, tippy, peevish, rasping, recalcitrant, nettlesome, fractious, plaguy, tetchy, testy, spotty, techy, vexatious, raspy, peckish, annoying, grating

2. irritableadjective

   abnormally sensitive to a stimulus

   Antonyms:
   insensitive, good-natured

   Synonyms:
   scratchy, fractious, nettlesome, cranky, peevish, techy, petulant, pettish, tetchy, testy, excitable, peckish

3. excitable, irritableadjective

   capable of responding to stimuli

   Antonyms:
   insensitive, good-natured

   Synonyms:
   scratchy, fractious, nettlesome, cranky, peevish, techy, petulant, pettish, tetchy, testy, excitable, peckish

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1. irritableadjective

   Synonyms:
   irascible, fretful, spleeny, choleric, petulant, fiery, captious, splenetic

How to use irritable in a sentence?

1. Jay Siegel:

   Only direct clinical comparisons of( Remsima) and Remicade in active irritable bowel disease can provide the requisite assurance.

2. Charles Krauthammer:

   What struck me above all was not the misstatement of facts or the delusions about what's going on, it's the president's tone. There was this lassitude, passivity, annoyance, he was irritable, you know, 'You guys asking me again if the strategy is working,' as if it's all so obvious that it is.

3. Chris Morris:

   It makes me irritable when people come around asking for trouble and I don't have any ready for them. Now I'll have to go find them and deliver some.

4. Cynthia Sass:

   Magnesium has been shown to help alleviate depression, fatigue, and irritability, bonus : When you're feeling especially irritable during that time of the month, the mineral also helps to fight PMS symptoms, including cramps and water retention.

5. Sefer Hasidim:

   If hunger makes you irritable, better eat and be pleasant.

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