Carol Alt

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.

American Model

Rakul Preet Singh

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.

Indian Actress

Jake Shears

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.

American Musician

Richard Attenborough

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.

English Actor

Nana Patekar

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.

Indian Actor

Pete Hamill

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.

American Journalist

Irving Kirsch

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.

American Educator

Salman Rushdie

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.

Indian Novelist

Nigella Lawson

In fact I am quite snappy and irritable, and I don't know if I'd like to make myself worse in that respect.

British Journalist

Kate Gosselin

Walk a day in my shoes and you'd be irritable too.

American Celebrity

Used when someone's mood is negatively affected, often implies impatience or rudeness.

Negative Tone

Can describe a temporary mood, not necessarily a personality trait.

Temporary State

Avoid using in formal writing; find a more formal synonym if needed.

Not for Formality

Highlights problematic behavior more than feelings; can imply tension with others.

Behavior Focus

Can vary in intensity; 'highly irritable' suggests a stronger tendency.

Intensity Varies

Being described as irritable might create a negative social perception.

Social Perception

In medical terms, it's used to describe symptoms or conditions like mood disorders.

Medical Context

Used casually to describe someone's temporary mood, not a clinical diagnosis.

Informal Diagnosis

Often associated with specific conditions like 'irritable bowel syndrome'.

Specific Disorders

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Irritable