irritable

«irritable» in Mova's school dictionary: Easily annoyed or made angry; grumpy — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (irritable, more irritable)

meaning for a pupil

1) Easily annoyed or made angry; grumpy. tree →

2) (medicine) Sore or sensitive, as in «irritable skin». tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life and stories: people are irritable when tired, hungry («hangry») or ill. In health lessons: lack of sleep makes you irritable. Phrases: feel irritable, get irritable.

examples

• I get irritable when I'm hungry. tree →
• The baby was irritable because she was teething. tree →
• Dad is irritable before his morning coffee. tree →
• Lack of sleep can make you irritable. tree →
• The irritable old dog growled. tree →
• Hot weather made everyone irritable. tree →
• “If,” said one irritable guard, “if we buzzed a spear at the persistent stranger, or if one slung at him with a jagged pebble!” tree →

note

Related: irritate, irritation. Similar: grumpy, cranky (US), crabby, ratty (UK informal), narky (UK slang). Spelling: double r, -able.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «irritable» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.