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- pronunciation:
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rae
s
bl
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adjective |
| definition 1: |
easily angered or irritated; short-tempered.
She chose her words carefully, hoping to avoid a scolding from the irascible old man.- antonyms:
- even-tempered, mild
- similar words:
- angry, choleric, grumpy, ill-natured, ornery, testy, waspish
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| definition 2: |
showing or marked by anger or irritability.
- antonyms:
- even-tempered
- similar words:
- angry, testy
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| related words: |
churlish, cross, moody, perverse, petulant, snappish, surly, ticklish, touchy |
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| derivations: |
irascibly (adv.), irascibility (n.), irascibleness (n.) |
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