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irritable

/ˈɪɹɪtəbl̩/

irritable adjective: capable of being irritated.

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Adjective

irritable (comparative more irritable, superlative most irritable)

  1. Capable of being irritated.
  2. Easily exasperated or excited.
    • an irritable old man
  3. Responsive to stimuli.

irritable meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Malayalam

irritable in Hindi

चिड़चिड़ा

irritable in Tamil

எளிதில் கோபம் கொள்கிற, எரிச்சலடையும், முன்கோபப்படும், முன்கோபியான, கோபிக்கும், கோபமுள்ள

irritable in Bengali

খিটখিটে, সহজেই রেগে যায় এমন

irritable in Malayalam

കോപശീല, സൂക്ഷ്മഗ്രഹണശക്തിയുള്ള, ശുണ്ഠി പിടിക്കുന്ന, ക്ഷോഭിക്കുന്ന
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irritable in Kannada
ಮುಂಗೋಪದ, ರೇಗುವ ಸ್ವಭಾವದ, ಸಿಡುಕಿನ, ಶೀಘ್ರಕೋಪದ
irritable in Tagalog
talusaling

Examples of irritable in a sentence

  • The medicine made him groggy and irritable.
  • She's got irritable bowel syndrome that's exacerbated by stress." ¶ "That's nasty.
  • Inwardly, Seven smiled, glad that the predictably irritable and impatient engineer had remerged from her cocoon.

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Synonyms of irritable

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Antonyms

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Forms of irritable

comparativemore irritable
superlativemost irritable

Origin of irritable

Borrowed from French irritable, from Latin irritabilis.

Words formed from irritable

Phrases with irritable

Questions about irritable

What does irritable mean?
Irritable means capable of being irritated.
What is irritable in Hindi?
Irritable in Hindi is चिड़चिड़ा. See Irritable meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is irritable?
Irritable is an adjective.
How do you pronounce irritable?
Irritable is pronounced /ˈɪɹɪtəbl̩/.

Words near irritable in the dictionary

  1. irrisions
  2. irrisistible
  3. irrisory
  4. irritabilities
  5. irritability
  6. irritable
  7. irritable bowel syndrome
  8. irritable heart
  9. irritable hearts
  10. irritable male syndrome
  11. irritableness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: irritable (page history and authors); irritable (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); irritable (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Irritable (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); irritable (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); irritable (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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