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irritableness

/ir-i-tuh-buhl/US // ˈɪr ɪ tə bəl //UK // (ˈɪrɪtəbəl) //

易怒,烦躁,暴躁,烦躁不安

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : easily irritated or annoyed; readily excited to impatience or anger.
    • : Physiology, Biology. displaying irritability.
    • : Pathology. susceptible to physical irritation.
    • : Medicine/Medical. abnormally sensitive to a stimulus.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inimpatience

Examples

  • Normally even-keeled, he was irritable and short-tempered, including with her son — and Huddleston’s soon-to-be stepson — Allan Osborn.

  • As the day approached, my daughter grew more and more irritable.

  • Take, for example, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), a condition that affects some 15 percent of Americans.

  • But new research shows it is indeed real, and may be the cause of asthma, irritable bowel syndrome, arthritis, and more.

  • FODMAP foods can worsen irritable bowel symptoms for many of the 15 percent of Americans that suffer from the condition.

  • She was irritable and ornery almost all of the time, and she seemed to be trying to distance herself from the others.

  • And he came across as irritable and snarky when asked to provide a succinct answer on how to address health care.

  • He became irritable, distressed, and anxious—struggled hard to get the needful sum together, struggled and strove; but failed.

  • As, during the whole pepper-harvest, they feed wholly on this stimulant, they become exceedingly irritable.

  • There was also a moral reaction, and the boy became capricious, irritable, and unlike his former self.

  • There are few greater annoyances of life than an irritable woman, rendered doubly morose by the infirmities of years.

  • The Colonel, who was suffering from an attack of rheumatic gout, was more irritable than usual.