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adjective. formal uk / ɪˈræs.ə.b ə l / us / ɪˈræs.ə.b ə l / Add to word list. made angry easily: She's becoming more and more irascible as she grows older. Synonyms. bad-tempered. choleric formal. short-tempered. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Bad-tempered. argumentative. bad-tempered. be hell on wheels idiom.
The meaning of IRASCIBLE is marked by hot temper and easily provoked anger. How to use irascible in a sentence. Irascible Has an Angry History
Irascible definition: easily provoked to anger; very irritable. See examples of IRASCIBLE used in a sentence.
If you're irascible, you get angry easily — perhaps blowing up in rage when someone brushes into you. Irascible comes from the Latin root ira, which means "anger" or "rage," the same root that gives us the word ire, "anger."
adjective. formal us / ɪˈræs.ə.b ə l / uk / ɪˈræs.ə.b ə l / Add to word list. made angry easily: She's becoming more and more irascible as she grows older. Synonyms. bad-tempered. choleric formal. short-tempered. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Bad-tempered. argumentative. bad-tempered. be hell on wheels idiom.
1. easily angered; quick-tempered. 2. showing or resulting from a quick temper or a fit of anger. an irascible reply.
1. Prone to outbursts of temper; easily angered. 2. Characterized by or resulting from anger. [Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin īrāscibilis, from Latin īrāscī, to be angry, from īra, anger; see eis- in Indo-European roots .] i·ras′ci·bil′i·ty, i·ras′ci·ble·ness n. i·ras′ci·bly adv.
