Definitions for irritable

irritable ir·ri·ta·ble

Spelling: [ir-i-tuh-buh l]
IPA: /ˈɪr ɪ tə bəl/

Irritable is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 330 anagrams from letters in irritable (abeiilrrt).

Definitions for irritable

adjective

  1. easily irritated or annoyed; readily excited to impatience or anger.
  2. Physiology, Biology. displaying irritability.
  3. Pathology. susceptible to physical irritation.
  4. Medicine/Medical. abnormally sensitive to a stimulus.

Origin of irritable

1655-65; Latin irrītābilis, equivalent to irrītā(re) to irritate + -bilis -ble

Examples for irritable

You shall not complain of an inattentive or an irritable auditor.

Recollect that he is suffering under his wound, which has made him irritable.

It will be guessed that Mr. Chalmers Payne was in an irritable frame of mind.

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.

Ninian joined them on the following day, very cheerless and irritable.

Casanova, however, had suddenly grown distrait and irritable.

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

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

Like alcoholics, gambling addicts are often secretive, irritable, and unable to cut back.

Word Value for irritable
Scrable

11

Words with friends

13

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