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irritable
(encz) | irritable,podrážděný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Irritable
(gcide) | Irritable \Ir"ri*ta*ble\, a. [L. irritabilis: cf. F. irritable.
See Irritate.]
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1. Capable of being irritated.
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2. Very susceptible of anger or passion; easily inflamed or
exasperated; as, an irritable temper.
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Vicious, old, and irritable. --Tennyson.
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3. (Physiol.) Endowed with irritability; susceptible of
irritation; capable of being excited to action by the
application of certain stimuli.
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4. (Med.) Susceptible of irritation; unduly sensitive to
irritants or stimuli. See Irritation, n., 3.
Syn: Excitable; irascible; touchy; fretful; peevish.
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irritable
(wn) | irritable
adj 1: easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious
young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"
[syn: cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome,
peevish, peckish, pettish, petulant, scratchy,
testy, tetchy, techy]
2: abnormally sensitive to a stimulus
3: capable of responding to stimuli [syn: excitable,
irritable] |
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irritable
(encz) | irritable,podrážděný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
irritable bowel syndrome
(encz) | irritable bowel syndrome, n: |
cranky fractious irritable peevish peckish pettish petulant testy tetchy techy
(gcide) | Ill-natured \Ill`-na"tured\, a.
1. Of habitual bad temper; having an unpleasant disposition;
surly; disagreeable; cross; peevish; fractious; crabbed;
-- of people; as, an ill-natured person; an ill-natured
disagreeable old man. Opposite of good-natured.
[Narrower terms: {argumentative, contentious,
disputatious, disputative, litigious : {atrabilious,
bilious, dyspeptic, liverish : {bristly, prickly,
snappish, splenetic, waspish : {cantankerous, crotchety,
ornery : {choleric, irascible, hotheaded, hot-headed,
hot-tempered, quick-tempered, short-tempered : {crabbed,
crabby, cross, fussy, fussbudgety, grouchy, grumpy,
bad-tempered, ill-tempered}: {cranky, fractious,
irritable, peevish, peckish, pettish, petulant, testy,
tetchy, techy : {crusty, curmudgeonly, gruff, ill-humored,
ill-humoured}: {dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose,
saturnine, sour, sullen : {feisty, touchy : {huffish,
sulky}: {misanthropic, misanthropical : {misogynous :
shirty, snorty ill-tempered or annoyed): {shrewish,
nagging, vixenish : surly, ugly ] Also See: {unpleasant.
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2. Dictated by, or indicating, ill nature; spiteful. "The
ill-natured task refuse." --Addison.
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3. Intractable; not yielding to culture. [R.] "Ill-natured
land." --J. Philips.
3. not to one's liking; unpleasant; disagreeable. Opposite of
agreeable. [WordNet sense 2] [Narrower terms: {annoying,
galling, chafing, irritating, nettlesome, pesky,
pestiferous, pestilent, plaguy, plaguey, teasing,
vexatious, vexing}; {nerve-racking, nerve-wracking,
stressful, trying ]
Syn: disagreeable.
[WordNet 1.5] -- Ill`-na"tured*ly, adv. --
Ill`-na"tured*ness, n.
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Inirritable
(gcide) | Inirritable \In*ir"ri*ta*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not + irritable:
cf. F. inirritable.]
Not irritable; esp. (Physiol.), incapable of being stimulated
to action, as a muscle. -- In*ir`ri*ta*bil"i*ty, n.
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Irritableness
(gcide) | Irritableness \Ir"ri*ta*ble*ness\, n.
Irritability.
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irritable
(wn) | irritable
adj 1: easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious
young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"
[syn: cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome,
peevish, peckish, pettish, petulant, scratchy,
testy, tetchy, techy]
2: abnormally sensitive to a stimulus
3: capable of responding to stimuli [syn: excitable,
irritable] |
irritable bowel syndrome
(wn) | irritable bowel syndrome
n 1: recurrent abdominal pain and diarrhea (often alternating
with periods of constipation); often associated with
emotional stress [syn: irritable bowel syndrome, {spastic
colon}, mucous colitis] |
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