Meanings
adjectiveirritable (comparative more irritable, superlative most irritable)
comparative more irritable · superlative most irritable
- Capable of being irritated.
- Easily exasperated or excited.
an irritable old man
- medicineResponsive to stimuli.
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adjectiveeasily irritated or annoyed
adjectiveabnormally sensitive to a stimulus
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Origin
- Latinirritabilis
- Frenchirritable
- Englishirritable
Borrowed from French irritable, from Latin irritabilis.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek δύσκολος
- δύσκολος (dúskolos)easily exasperated or excited
Bulgarian раздразнителен, сприхав
- раздразнителен (razdraznitelen)capable of being irritated
- сприхав (sprihav)easily exasperated or excited
- чувствителен (čuvstvitelen)responsive to stimuli
Catalan irritable, irritable
- irritablecapable of being irritated
- irritableeasily exasperated or excited
Esperanto incitebla, incitiĝema
- inciteblacapable of being irritated
- incitiĝemacapable of being irritated
Finnish ärtyvä, ärtyisä
- ärtyväcapable of being irritated
- ärtyisäeasily exasperated or excited
- kärttyisäeasily exasperated or excited
- kärttyineneasily exasperated or excited
- herkkäresponsive to stimuli
- herkkänahkainenresponsive to stimuli
French irritable, irritable
- irritablecapable of being irritated
- irritableeasily exasperated or excited
- irritableresponsive to stimuli
German reizbar, reizbar
- reizbarcapable of being irritated
- reizbareasily exasperated or excited
- reizbarresponsive to stimuli
Hebrew רָגִיז
- רָגִיז (ragíz)easily exasperated or excited
Hungarian ingerlékeny
- ingerlékenyeasily exasperated or excited
Irish greannaitheach, drisíneach
- greannaitheachcapable of being irritated
- drisíneacheasily exasperated or excited
- colgacheasily exasperated or excited
Latin ācriculus, stomachōsus
- ācriculuseasily exasperated or excited
- stomachōsuseasily exasperated or excited
Māori āritarita, kiriweti
- āritaritacapable of being irritated
- kiriweticapable of being irritated
- pukukinocapable of being irritated
- āritacapable of being irritated
- amowhekecapable of being irritated
- whanewhanecapable of being irritated
- mānehenehecapable of being irritated
- pukukinoeasily exasperated or excited
Norwegian Bokmål irritabel
- irritabelcapable of being irritated
Norwegian Nynorsk irritabel
- irritabelcapable of being irritated
Romanian iritabil
- iritabilcapable of being irritated
Russian раздражи́тельный, раздражительный
- раздражи́тельный (razdražítelʹnyj)capable of being irritated
- раздражительный (razdražitelʹnyj)easily exasperated or excited
Scottish Gaelic crosta, gruamach
- crostacapable of being irritated
- gruamachcapable of being irritated
- dranndanachcapable of being irritated
- crostaeasily exasperated or excited
- gruamacheasily exasperated or excited
Slovak prchký
- prchkýcapable of being irritated
Spanish irritable, irritable
- irritablecapable of being irritated
- irritableeasily exasperated or excited
Tagalog talusaling
- talusalingresponsive to stimuli
Turkish hırçın, huysuz
- hırçıncapable of being irritated
- huysuzcapable of being irritated
- aksicapable of being irritated
- hırçıneasily exasperated or excited
- huysuzeasily exasperated or excited
- aksieasily exasperated or excited
Ukrainian дратівли́вий
- дратівли́вий (drativlývyj)easily exasperated or excited
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