irritable
1irritable — [ iritabl ] adj. • 1757; « irritant » 1520; lat. irritabilis 1 ♦ Biol. Susceptible de réagir à un stimulus. Toute matière vivante est irritable. ⇒ excitable. 2 ♦ (1829) Cour. Prompt à se mettre en colère, qu un rien irrite. ⇒ chatouilleux,… …
2irritable — irritable, fractious, peevish, snappish, waspish, petulant, pettish, huffy, fretful, querulous apply to persons or to their moods or dispositions in the sense of showing impatience or anger without due or sufficient cause. Irritable implies… …
3Irritable — Ir ri*ta*ble, a. [L. irritabilis: cf. F. irritable. See {Irritate}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Capable of being irritated. [1913 Webster] 2. Very susceptible of anger or passion; easily inflamed or exasperated; as, an irritable temper. [1913 Webster]… …
4irritable — adjetivo 1. (ser / estar) Que se irrita o tiende a irritarse o enfadarse con facilidad: Tiene un carácter muy irritable. Estás muy irritable últimamente, ¿se puede saber qué te ocurre? …
5irritable — [ir′i tə bəl] adj. [L irritabilis < irritare, to IRRITATE] 1. easily annoyed or provoked; fretful 2. Med. excessively or pathologically sensitive to a stimulus 3. Physiol. able to respond to a stimulus irritability n. irritableness irritably… …
6irritable — (adj.) 1660s, from Fr. irritable and directly from L. irritabilis easily excited, from irritare (see IRRITATE (Cf. irritate)). Related: Irritably …
7irritable — index fractious, froward, petulant, querulous, sensitive (easily affected) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
8irritable — [adj] bad tempered, crabby annoyed, bearish, brooding, cantankerous, carping, choleric, complaining, contentious, crabbed, cross, crotchety, disputatious, dissatisfied, dyspeptic, easily offended, exasperated, fiery, fractious, fretful, fretting …
9irritable — ► ADJECTIVE 1) easily annoyed or angered. 2) Medicine abnormally sensitive. DERIVATIVES irritability noun irritableness noun irritably adverb …
10irritable — (i rri ta bl ) adj. 1° Qui s irrite facilement. Homme irritable. Un esprit irritable. 2° Qui est vivement affecté par les impressions reçues, tant au physique qu au moral. Tempérament irritable. Il a le genre nerveux très irritable.… …
11IRRITABLE — adj. des deux genres T. de Physiologie. Susceptible d irritation, de contraction. Les muscles sont irritables. Il se dit aussi en parlant De la disposition à éprouver très vivement les impressions qu on reçoit. Il est d un tempérament fort… …
12irritable — irritableness, n. irritably, adv. /ir i teuh beuhl/, adj. 1. easily irritated or annoyed; readily excited to impatience or anger. 2. Physiol., Biol. displaying irritability. 3. Pathol. susceptible to physical irritation. 4. Med. abnormally… …
13irritable — 01. You are always [irritable] when you don t get enough sleep. 02. He was so [irritable] that everyone avoided him. 03. It really [irritates] me when you change channels every five minutes. 04. After a delay of over four hours, the airline… …
14irritable — {{＃}}{{LM I22694}}{{〓}} {{SynI23252}} {{［}}irritable{{］}} ‹i·rri·ta·ble› {{《}}▍ adj.inv.{{》}} Que se irrita con facilidad: • Es muy irritable y se enfada por cualquier cosa. Tengo que usar una crema especial porque tengo la piel muy… …
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15IRRITABLE — adj. des deux genres Qui s’irrite, qui se met en colère facilement. Je ne connais personne plus irritable que lui. Un esprit irritable. En termes de Physiologie, il signifie Qui est susceptible d’irritation. Les muscles sont irritables. Avoir le… …
16irritable — ► adjetivo 1 Que se irrita con facilidad: ■ debe de tener algún problema porque está muy irritable. SINÓNIMO irascible ANTÓNIMO paciente 2 BIOLOGÍA Se aplica al organismo con capacidad para reaccionar ante los estímulos externos. * * * irritable1 …
