Dictionary Entry

irritable

irritable is a 9-letter English word with 7 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Capable of being irriated. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 13 · 7 senses

Definitions

1adjective
Capable of being irriated.
2adjective
Very susceptible of anger or passion; easily inflamed or exasperated; as, an irritable temper.
3adjective
Endowed with irritability; susceptible of irritation; capable of being excited to action by the application of certain stimuli.
4adjective
Susceptible of irritation; unduly sensitive to irritants or stimuli. See Irritation., 3.
5adjective
easily irritated or annoyed
"an incorrigibly fractious young man"
"not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"
Synonyms
cranky fractious nettlesome peckish peevish pettish petulant scratchy techy testy tetchy
6adjective
capable of responding to stimuli
Synonyms
excitable
7adjective
abnormally sensitive to a stimulus

Synonyms

cranky fractious nettlesome peckish peevish pettish petulant scratchy techy testy tetchy excitable

Common word forms

irritableness

Words from these letters

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