Origin: Latin
suffix -able
Irritable has 4 different meanings across 1 category:
Adjective
Adjective
1
easily irritated or annoyed
"an incorrigibly fractious young man"
"not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"
2
abnormally sensitive to a stimulus
"After his nap, the loud ticking of the clock made him irritable and he immediately turned up the volume on the radio."
3
capable of responding to stimuli
"The scientist adjusted the sensitive probe until it became irritable enough to react instantly to even the faintest vibration from the distant machinery."
4
Capable of being irritated.
"The old dog became irritable whenever anyone tried to pet him while he was resting."
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