Definition of IRRITABLE

irritable

Meanings

Adjective Satellite

  • easily irritated or annoyed
  • abnormally sensitive to a stimulus
  • capable of responding to stimuli

Adj

  • Capable of being irritated.
  • Easily exasperated or excited.
  • Responsive to stimuli.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from French irritable, from Latin irritabilis.

Synonyms

atrabilious, bad-tempered, bilious, bitchy, brainish, cantankerous, carnaptious, crabbit, crabby, cranky, crotchety, dyspeptic, edgy, excitable, fantoddish, fiery, fractious, fretful, grotchy, grouchy, grumpy, hissy, hot-livered, hot-tempered, hotheaded, huffy, humpy, ill-natured, ill-tempered, irascible, irritable, nettlesome, ornery (chiefly US)}, out of sorts, peckish, peevish, pettish, petulant, prickly, querulous, quick-tempered, raspy, ratty, scratchy, short-tempered, snappish, snappy, snippety, snippish, snippy, snitchy, splenetic, stressy, surly, techy, testy, tetchy, tetty, thin-skinned, thorny, touchy, twitchy, umbrageous, waspish

Scrabble Score: 11

irritable is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
irritable is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
irritable is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

irritable is a valid Words With Friends word