What does irascible mean in English? Meaning of irascible definition and abbreviation with examples.
Meaning of "irascible": quickly aroused to anger
Adjective
Meaning: quickly aroused to angerExample: a hotheaded commanderSynonyms: choleric
hot-tempered
hotheaded
irascible
quick-tempered
short-temperedSimilar: ill-naturedMeaning of "irascible": characterized by anger
Adjective
Meaning: characterized by angerExample: a choleric outburst
an irascible responseSynonyms: choleric
irascibleSimilar: angryAdjective: Easily provoked to outbursts of anger; irritable. 1809, Washington Irving, Knickerbocker's History of New York, ch. 16: . . . the surly and irascible passions which, like belligerent powers, lie encamped around the heart. 1863, Louisa May Alcott, Hospital Sketches, ch. 1: I am naturally irascible, and if I could have shaken this negative gentleman vigorously, the relief would have been immense. 1921, William Butler Yeats, Four Years, ch. 10: . . . a never idle man of great physical strength and extremely irascible—did he not fling a badly baked plum pudding through the window upon Xmas Day? 2004 Feb. 29, Daniel Kadlec, "Why He's Meanspan," Time: Alan Greenspan was on an irascible roll last week, first dissing everyone who holds a fixed-rate mortgage — suckers! — and later picking on folks who collect Social Security: Get back to work, Grandma.1809, Washington Irving, Knickerbocker's History of New York, ch. 16: . . . the surly and irascible passions which, like belligerent powers, lie encamped around the heart.1863, Louisa May Alcott, Hospital Sketches, ch. 1: I am naturally irascible, and if I could have shaken this negative gentleman vigorously, the relief would have been immense.1921, William Butler Yeats, Four Years, ch. 10: . . . a never idle man of great physical strength and extremely irascible—did he not fling a badly baked plum pudding through the window upon Xmas Day?2004 Feb. 29, Daniel Kadlec, "Why He's Meanspan," Time: Alan Greenspan was on an irascible roll last week, first dissing everyone who holds a fixed-rate mortgage — suckers! — and later picking on folks who collect Social Security: Get back to work, Grandma.Synonyms:
grouchy, cantankerous, testy, cranky, feisty, uptight, surly, passionate, angry, bristly, choleric, cross, fractious, hasty, hot-tempered, huffy, irritable, ogre, peevish, petulant, querulous, quick-tempered, short-tempered, snappish, thin-skinned, touchy, crabbed, ireful, bearish,
Antonyms:
pleasant, cheerful, happy, cool,
