ADJECTIVE | all | irritable, cranky, fractious, nettlesome, peevish, peckish, pettish, petulant, scratchy, testy, tetchy, techy | easily irritated or annoyed |
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all | irritable | abnormally sensitive to a stimulus | |
all | irritable, excitable | capable of responding to stimuli |
Sounds | ih'rahtahbahl | |
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Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... |
Meaning | easily irritated or annoyed. | |
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Synonyms | cranky, fractious, nettlesome, peevish, peckish, pettish, petulant, scratchy, testy, tetchy, techy | |
Broader | ill-natured | Having an irritable and unpleasant disposition |
Spanish | irritable, malhumorado, quejica | |
Nouns | irritability | a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger / anger |
irritability | an irritable petulant feeling | |
Adverbs | irritably | in an irritable manner |
irritably | in a petulant manner |
Meaning | abnormally sensitive to a stimulus. | |
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Category | pathology | The branch of medical science that studies the causes and nature and effects of diseases |
Broader | sensitive | Responsive to physical stimuli |
Spanish | irritable | |
Nouns | irritability | excessive sensitivity of an organ or body part |
Meaning | capable of responding to stimuli. | |
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Synonym | excitable | |
Category | physiology | The branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms |
Broader | sensitive | Responsive to physical stimuli |
Spanish | excitable, irritable | |
Catalan | excitable, irritable |
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