Definitions for irascible

irascible i·ras·ci·ble

Spelling: [ih-ras-uh-buh l]
IPA: /ɪˈræs ə bəl/

Irascible is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 561 anagrams from letters in irascible (abceiilrs).

Definitions for irascible

adjective

  1. easily provoked to anger; very irritable:
  2. characterized or produced by anger:

Origin of irascible

1350-1400; Middle English irascibel Late Latin īrāscibilis, equivalent to Latin īrāsc- (stem of īrāscī to grow angry; equivalent to īr(a) ire + -ā- theme vowel + -sc-

Examples for irascible

He struggled with his brilliant but irascible secretary of state, William Seward, to control the direction of foreign policy.

But science has a process for all of this—scientists tend to be irascible, doubting, and arrogant if not annoying.

This concession, however, by no means satisfied the irascible Louis.

His name was Kara-Tete, meaning "the irascible" in the native tongue.

The British establishment was furious, and it was the irascible Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, who lead the fight-back.

Wagner, as irascible and cynical as he can be, is a subtly empathetic writer.

He pushed his hand through his hair with an irascible gesture.

Theophrastus couldn't better have depicted the irascible man.

But he praised his irascible former partner as “an incredible asset not only to the company, but to the world.”

The father was as bluff and portly and irascible as she was patient and gentle.

Word Value for irascible
Scrable

13

Words with friends

16

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