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Synonyms for irascible
ɪˈræs ə bəliras·ci·ble
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Wiktionary
irascibleadjective
Synonyms:
cantankerous, ill-tempered, cranky, cholericirascibleadjective
Easily provoked to outbursts of anger; irritable.
Synonyms:
cranky, ill-tempered, choleric, cantankerous
Princeton's WordNet
choleric, irascible, hotheaded, hot-tempered, quick-tempered, short-temperedadjective
quickly aroused to anger
"a hotheaded commander"
Synonyms:
brainish, quick-tempered, tearaway(a), impetuous, choleric, short-tempered, hot-tempered, impulsive, madcap, hotheadedAntonyms:
good-natured, unangry(p)choleric, irascibleadjective
characterized by anger
"a choleric outburst"; "an irascible response"
Synonyms:
choleric, hot-tempered, quick-tempered, short-tempered, hotheadedAntonyms:
good-natured, unangry(p)
Dictionary of English Synonymes
irascibleadjective
Synonyms:
passionate, hasty, hot, irritable, touchy, testy, waspish, quick, snappish, splenetic, petulant, choleric, peppery, like tinder, like touchwood
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#30182 | cranky | |
#40416 | impulsive | |
#65029 | madcap | |
#83664 | impetuous | |
#104168 | cantankerous | |
#116184 | irascible | |
#256850 | choleric | |
#283110 | hotheaded |
How to use irascible in a sentence?
John McCain was far more irascible and tactless in his campaign style than Christie has been and he was not known as a bully, maybe it's just because of Chris Christie's size -- he looks like a guy who could just squash you!
Imperious, choleric, irascible, extreme in everything, with a dissolute imagination the like of which has never been seen, atheistic to the point of fanaticism, there you have me in a nutshell, and kill me again or take me as I am, for I shall not change.
Translations for irascible
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- غArabic
- hidsig, opfarendeDanish
- aufbrausend, jähzornigGerman
- ευερέθιστος, ευέξαπτοςGreek
- colérico, mañoso, irascibleSpanish
- ärrituvEstonian
- äkeä, äreä, ärhäkkäFinnish
- irascibleFrench
- irascibileItalian
- זַעֲפָןHebrew
- irascibleKorean
- whanewhaneMāori
- opvliegend, prikkelbaar, humeurigDutch
- bråsinna, bråsint, oppfarandeNorwegian Nynorsk
- oppfarende, bråsintNorwegian
- gniewny, drażliwy, wybuchowyPolish
- irritável, irascívelPortuguese
- irascibilRomanian
- вспыльчивыйRussian
- hetsig, lättretlig, hetlevradSwedish
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