irritable

irritable
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 passengers were quite [irritable].
05. The teacher tried not to let her [irritation] show when the children starting fighting over who would help her clean up the classroom.
06. My husband has an [irritating] habit of cracking his knuckles while watching television.
07. Some make-up can be a real [irritant] to sensitive skin.
08. The straps on my knapsack [irritate] my shoulders.
09. Cigarette smoke really [irritates] my eyes.
10. A wise man once said, "Don't mind criticism. If it is untrue, disregard it. If it is unfair, keep from [irritation]. It if is ignorant, smile. If it is justified, learn from it."
11. There is a Pennsylvania Dutch proverb which states that our faults [irritate] us most when we see them in others.
12. Pollen from flowers can sometimes [irritate] the eyes, and cause tears.
13. Based on research on the human body's internal clock, the period between the hours of 4 and 6 in the afternoon is when people are the most [irritable].
14. Do not take aspirin for a hang-over. Aspirin used with alcohol increases your risk for stomach [irritation].
15. Second-smoke from cigarettes [irritates] the eyes, breathing, and throat of non-smokers.
16. Jade's nose piercing tends to [irritate] her upper lip, and has apparently become quite uncomfortable.
17. Carl Jung once noted that everything that [irritates] us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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  • irritable — [ 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,… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • irritable — 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… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • Irritable — 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]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • irritable — 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? …   Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española

  • irritable — [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… …   English World dictionary

  • irritable — (adj.) 1660s, from Fr. irritable and directly from L. irritabilis easily excited, from irritare (see IRRITATE (Cf. irritate)). Related: Irritably …   Etymology dictionary

  • irritable — index fractious, froward, petulant, querulous, sensitive (easily affected) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • irritable — [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 …   New thesaurus

  • irritable — ► ADJECTIVE 1) easily annoyed or angered. 2) Medicine abnormally sensitive. DERIVATIVES irritability noun irritableness noun irritably adverb …   English terms dictionary

  • irritable — (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.… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • IRRITABLE — 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… …   Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

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