Irritable
adjective
Easily annoyed or angered.
She was irritable and grumpy from lack of sleep
Often appears as...
- an irritable mood
- become irritable
adjective
Marked by a tendency to be easily annoyed.
His irritable behaviour at work is causing problems
Often appears as...
- irritable temper
- highly irritable
adjective
Having or showing a tendency to be easily angered or annoyed.
Symptoms include irritability and depression
Often appears as...
- irritable bowel syndrome
- irritable mood
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Formal
Technical
adjective
Easily annoyed or angered.
She was irritable and grumpy from lack of sleep
Often appears as...
- an irritable mood
- become irritable
adjective
Marked by a tendency to be easily annoyed.
His irritable behaviour at work is causing problems
Often appears as...
- irritable temper
- highly irritable
adjective
Having or showing a tendency to be easily angered or annoyed.
Symptoms include irritability and depression
Often appears as...
- irritable bowel syndrome
- irritable mood
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Tone
Used when someone's mood is negatively affected, often implies impatience or rudeness.
Avoid asking her for favors when she's irritable.
Pro Tip 2/3Temporary State
Can describe a temporary mood, not necessarily a personality trait.
He's usually cheerful, but he's quite irritable today.
Pro Tip 3/3Not for Formality
Avoid using in formal writing; find a more formal synonym if needed.
During the meeting, she appeared unusually impatient.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Tone
Used when someone's mood is negatively affected, often implies impatience or rudeness.
Avoid asking her for favors when she's irritable.
Pro Tip 2/3Temporary State
Can describe a temporary mood, not necessarily a personality trait.
He's usually cheerful, but he's quite irritable today.
Pro Tip 3/3Not for Formality
Avoid using in formal writing; find a more formal synonym if needed.
During the meeting, she appeared unusually impatient.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Tone
Used when someone's mood is negatively affected, often implies impatience or rudeness.
Avoid asking her for favors when she's irritable.
Pro Tip 2/3Temporary State
Can describe a temporary mood, not necessarily a personality trait.
He's usually cheerful, but he's quite irritable today.
Pro Tip 3/3Not for Formality
Avoid using in formal writing; find a more formal synonym if needed.
During the meeting, she appeared unusually impatient.
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And it might be that you're irritable because you're anxious, and you're anxious because you're worried about hitting a looming deadline. And in that case, you can go back to your team to address that need and say something like, "I want to make sure I get everything done ahead of the deadline. Can you help me put together a realistic plan to do that?"
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How stress affects your...
this brain-gut connection can disturb the natural rhythmic contractions that move food through your gut, leading to irritable bowel syndrome, and can increase your gut sensitivity to acid, making you more likely to feel heartburn. Via the gut's nervous system,
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What is bipolar...
For someone seesawing between emotional states, it can feel impossible to find the balance necessary to lead a healthy life. Type 1's extreme highs are known as manic episodes, and they can make a person range from feeling irritable to invincible.
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Why school should start...
I'm irritable, and I probably shouldn't be driving a car. But this is how many American teenagers feel every single school day. In fact, many of the, shall we say, unpleasant characteristics that we chalk up to being a teenager --
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How isolation fuels...
is completely, completely over the top. And in this state of hypersensitivity, our brains signal deep dissatisfaction. We become restless, irritable and impulsive.
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The surprising reason...
It starts with a tickle in your throat that becomes a cough. Your muscles begin to ache, you grow irritable, and you lose your appetite. It's you've got the flu.
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How stress affects your...
Are you sleeping restlessly, feeling irritable or moody, forgetting little things, and feeling overwhelmed and isolated?
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200 Hippos Cause Mayhem...
they become increasingly territorial and irritable
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How to embrace emotions...
And it might be that you're irritable because you're anxious, and you're anxious because you're worried about hitting a looming deadline. And in that case, you can go back to your team to address that need and say something like, "I want to make sure I get everything done ahead of the deadline. Can you help me put together a realistic plan to do that?"
Video examples
Can steroids save your...
can help keep this renegade immune response under control— but because of the negative psychological and physiological effects of longterm exposure, higher doses are reserved for emergencies and flare-ups. While an asthma attack, poison ivy welts, and irritable bowel syndrome
Video examples
How stress affects your...
this brain-gut connection can disturb the natural rhythmic contractions that move food through your gut, leading to irritable bowel syndrome, and can increase your gut sensitivity to acid, making you more likely to feel heartburn. Via the gut's nervous system,
Video examples
What is bipolar...
For someone seesawing between emotional states, it can feel impossible to find the balance necessary to lead a healthy life. Type 1's extreme highs are known as manic episodes, and they can make a person range from feeling irritable to invincible.
Video examples
Why school should start...
I'm irritable, and I probably shouldn't be driving a car. But this is how many American teenagers feel every single school day. In fact, many of the, shall we say, unpleasant characteristics that we chalk up to being a teenager --
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 337 PIPE...
I don't know it makes me irritable and makes my blood boil that is first minority that has ruined it for everybody else in some respects but anyway it was amazing to watch and hopefully the two boys cichlid without
Video examples
How isolation fuels...
is completely, completely over the top. And in this state of hypersensitivity, our brains signal deep dissatisfaction. We become restless, irritable and impulsive.
Video examples
The surprising reason...
It starts with a tickle in your throat that becomes a cough. Your muscles begin to ache, you grow irritable, and you lose your appetite. It's you've got the flu.
Video examples
How stress affects your...
Are you sleeping restlessly, feeling irritable or moody, forgetting little things, and feeling overwhelmed and isolated?
Video examples
200 Hippos Cause Mayhem...
they become increasingly territorial and irritable
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Carol Alt
American Model
I went along doing the one-salad-a-night routine for a year. And I remember feeling so tired and depressed and irritable. I had no personal life. I was always flying someplace - weekends, holidays, vacations. Dinners at night were no fun because I couldn't eat.
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Rakul Preet Singh
Indian Actress
I work out every day. My friends say that I became an actress by chance; I should have become a gym trainer. I am the most grumpiest and irritable person if I don't work out for two days. You cannot have a conversation with me.
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Jake Shears
American Musician
I'm not the easiest person in the world to be partners with. I'm never home. I'm constantly running around the world. I can be impatient. I have a temper. I'm, like, self-obsessed. I'm irritable, self-absorbed.
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Richard Attenborough
English Actor
I'm not an intellectual in any sense, I have constraints of erudition. I'm not able to deal with things outside my ken, and that makes me irritable. I'm irritable about the fact that I never went to university.
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Nana Patekar
Indian Actor
I do take my characters back home. In fact, I am the reel person in real life during the entire shoot. This affects me and my family because I tend to be eccentric or irritable during these times.
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Pete Hamill
American Journalist
Usually, I work every day, seven days a week. When I go three days without writing, my body aches with anxiety; my mood is irritable. My night dreams grow wild with unconscious invention.
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Irving Kirsch
American Educator
I do a lot of research on the placebo effect, not just in depression but in irritable bowel syndrome, pain, arthritis of the knee, migraine, asthma.
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Salman Rushdie
Indian Novelist
All my adult life, if I didn't have several hours a day to sit in a room by myself, I would get antsy and irritable.
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Nigella Lawson
British Journalist
In fact I am quite snappy and irritable, and I don't know if I'd like to make myself worse in that respect.
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Kate Gosselin
American Celebrity
Walk a day in my shoes and you'd be irritable too.
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Carol Alt
American Model
I went along doing the one-salad-a-night routine for a year. And I remember feeling so tired and depressed and irritable. I had no personal life. I was always flying someplace - weekends, holidays, vacations. Dinners at night were no fun because I couldn't eat.
Quote examples
Rakul Preet Singh
Indian Actress
I work out every day. My friends say that I became an actress by chance; I should have become a gym trainer. I am the most grumpiest and irritable person if I don't work out for two days. You cannot have a conversation with me.
Quote examples
Jake Shears
American Musician
I'm not the easiest person in the world to be partners with. I'm never home. I'm constantly running around the world. I can be impatient. I have a temper. I'm, like, self-obsessed. I'm irritable, self-absorbed.
Quote examples
Richard Attenborough
English Actor
I'm not an intellectual in any sense, I have constraints of erudition. I'm not able to deal with things outside my ken, and that makes me irritable. I'm irritable about the fact that I never went to university.
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Nana Patekar
Indian Actor
I do take my characters back home. In fact, I am the reel person in real life during the entire shoot. This affects me and my family because I tend to be eccentric or irritable during these times.
Quote examples
Pete Hamill
American Journalist
Usually, I work every day, seven days a week. When I go three days without writing, my body aches with anxiety; my mood is irritable. My night dreams grow wild with unconscious invention.
Quote examples
Irving Kirsch
American Educator
I do a lot of research on the placebo effect, not just in depression but in irritable bowel syndrome, pain, arthritis of the knee, migraine, asthma.
Quote examples
Salman Rushdie
Indian Novelist
All my adult life, if I didn't have several hours a day to sit in a room by myself, I would get antsy and irritable.
Quote examples
Nigella Lawson
British Journalist
In fact I am quite snappy and irritable, and I don't know if I'd like to make myself worse in that respect.
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Kate Gosselin
American Celebrity
Walk a day in my shoes and you'd be irritable too.
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