Definition of irascible in English:

irascible

adjective ɪˈrasɪb(ə)lɪˈræsəb(ə)l

Having or showing a tendency to be easily angered.
an irascible and difficult man
Example sentencesExamples
- Dunmore was certainly a haughty, irascible man, who made enemies easily and often.
- After 13 years playing the stubborn, long-pocketed and irascible Inspector Morse, this week will see the veteran actor finally wave goodbye to his most famous role.
- At the very same time, Teller was also seen as deeply irascible: thin-skinned, emotionally volatile, easily provoked, quick to take offense.
- He was a famously difficult and irascible man, some might even have characterized as mad, but was unfailingly courteous, warm and hospitable towards me.
- When I opened James Howard Kunstler's first nonfiction book four years ago, the irascible, bombastic tone of his descriptions immediately put me off.
- I think that the distinguished bureau chief of ‘The New York Times’ in London, got it right when he said Prince Philip has been an irascible person all his life.
- I know that she is a poor widow, and that this innkeeper happens to be a very irascible person.
- He played the role for a decade and a half, delighting viewers with his portrayal of the irascible lawyer with references to wife Hilda as ‘she who must be obeyed’.
- You've got to admit, he's got longevity, a little patience there, even though he's a bit irascible after all these years.
- This particular image consultant appears to have neglected his own image, or maybe he is just happy with being cynical, self-centred, irascible and insufferable.
- Because Papa grew so grouchy and irascible as his health failed, I wondered at times how many people really liked him.
- The irascible judge is known for not allowing much to hold back his biting observations.
- She effortlessly recalled people and events and could quote at length the irascible characters of Montana history.
- What he doesn't mention is the mood swing from the honeysweet to the irascible.
- But when this self-involvement is threatened, well, then we see how irascible, irritable and bad tempered stoners can be.
- As a public spokesman for seismology and earthquake hazard mitigation, Richter often showed an irascible personality.
- Campbell, who's lived on the reservation since 1970, is a lifelong, irascible opponent of nuclear power in general, and the Prairie Island plant in particular.
- King is also said to be a moody, irascible, and emotional cuss.
- As the title suggests, the exhibition focuses on the five sea adventures Tintin embarked on with his companions: Snowy, the irascible Captain Haddock and the virtually deaf Professor Calculus.
- The books usually revolved around the exploits of a Northern family, the Brandons, and in particular the dour son of the family Carter and the irascible Uncle Mort.
- This concern, added to the French government's fear of enraging its notoriously irascible farmers, is the real motivation behind France's refusal to contemplate real reform of the agricultural organization.
- In the TV show, Bruno pointed out to his irascible music teacher, Mr Sharofsky, that modern technology made traditional instruments redundant.
- In retirement, he has often provided the voice of an iconoclastic and irascible senior officer who has seen a lot - and who zealously guards his right to say what he thinks.
- But she wasn't laughing at Leo; she was amused with her own irascible mood.
- In truth, he often proved an irascible, frustrating curmudgeon at the tribunal but people loved him for it.
- But the picture drawn by Volkmar Braunbehrens's 1989 biography is of a serious, steady, occasionally irascible man.
- Luc patiently visits his brother, uncomplainingly sticking by the bedside of this difficult and irascible man when everyone else deserts him.
- What happened next led to a company boss pleading guilty to three charges after was provoked into what his solicitor Steven Culleton called ‘an irascible rage.’
- The two make an odd couple both physically and emotionally - bulky, brooding, irascible Crowe contrasting with laid-back, long-limbed Bettany.
- Looking to her rearview mirror, she sees one solitary car behind her and is thankful that she must only contend with one irascible driver and no more.
- Yet he was famously thin-skinned and irascible, as I have good reason to remember, if any criticism became directed at himself.
- The irascible Jim Godbolt, a long-time friend of Ronnie Scott, ruffled a few feathers 20 years ago when he published his book on the early decades of British jazz.
- Two hours later they discovered the best bar in Faro was a barge docked on the banks of the town, where they parlayed for fuel and pinga with the irascible owner, Antonio.
- Mature students were a rarity and often a target for irascible teachers, so medical school was uncomfortable.
- Keen to open up their own bistro, Robin and Vicky enter into a business partnership with her irascible father James.
- Frank's irascible uncle, who had raised him after his parents' death, is murdered on his farm and now his nephew wants to find the murderer and claim whatever inheritance he can.
- Ed is voluble, softhearted, irascible, loyal to friends, and drinkative when it comes to single-malts.
- Usually, one reads descriptions from traditional authors like the following: choleric people are irascible, violent, and so on - can one-fourth of people really be like this?
- It didn't take Manny long to clash with another irascible guard.
Synonyms
irritable, quick-tempered, short-tempered, bad-tempered, ill-tempered, hot-tempered, thin-skinned, snappy, snappish, tetchy, testy, touchy, edgy, crabby, waspish, dyspeptic
surly, cross, crusty, crabbed, grouchy, crotchety, cantankerous, curmudgeonly, ill-natured, ill-humoured, peevish, querulous, captious, fractious, bilious
informal narky, prickly, ratty, hot under the collar
rare iracund, iracundulous

Derivatives

irascibility

noun ɪrasɪˈbɪlɪtiɪˌræsəˈbɪlədi

She is at once an intellectual giant, the personification of hostile irascibility, and a kind and gentle great-grandmother.
Example sentencesExamples
- Wendy is more pragmatic, gently chiding staff who do not serve customers quickly enough, and acting as an emollient to those whose egos have been bruised by her father's irascibility.
- The nastiness of these exchanges can be partially explained by the irascibility of some of the personalities involved, but it also reflected fundamental disagreements about methods and goals.
- The chairman has built a hugely effective public persona built on irascibility.
- The only noticeable change was in his growing irascibility with the passing years.

irascibly

adverbɪˈrasɪbliɪˈræsəbli

I thought irascibly, though couldn't help but let a small smile grace my lips as the satisfying crunch of my alarm clock shattering into tiny little fragments of itself echoed in my head.
Example sentencesExamples
- There's more chance then of a top dog being snapped at its customised boots by a mongrel that irascibly, annoyingly, insistently does not know its place.
- Unfortunately, what was once irascibly ribald years ago is now so sedate as to be comatose.
- How selfish he must think I am, she thought irascibly, tugging her long slender fingers through her hair to unravel the lacquered knots.
- ‘There wasn't a wall here before, last time I checked,’ I mutter irascibly into the hard concrete and slumped into the ground.

Origin

Late Middle English: via French from late Latin irascibilis, from Latin irasci 'grow angry', from ira 'anger'.

Rhymes

passible

Definition of irascible in US English:

irascible

adjectiveiˈrasəb(ə)lɪˈræsəb(ə)l

Having or showing a tendency to be easily angered.
an irascible man
Example sentencesExamples
- Keen to open up their own bistro, Robin and Vicky enter into a business partnership with her irascible father James.
- The two make an odd couple both physically and emotionally - bulky, brooding, irascible Crowe contrasting with laid-back, long-limbed Bettany.
- What happened next led to a company boss pleading guilty to three charges after was provoked into what his solicitor Steven Culleton called ‘an irascible rage.’
- In truth, he often proved an irascible, frustrating curmudgeon at the tribunal but people loved him for it.
- The books usually revolved around the exploits of a Northern family, the Brandons, and in particular the dour son of the family Carter and the irascible Uncle Mort.
- As the title suggests, the exhibition focuses on the five sea adventures Tintin embarked on with his companions: Snowy, the irascible Captain Haddock and the virtually deaf Professor Calculus.
- Looking to her rearview mirror, she sees one solitary car behind her and is thankful that she must only contend with one irascible driver and no more.
- What he doesn't mention is the mood swing from the honeysweet to the irascible.
- Ed is voluble, softhearted, irascible, loyal to friends, and drinkative when it comes to single-malts.
- It didn't take Manny long to clash with another irascible guard.
- After 13 years playing the stubborn, long-pocketed and irascible Inspector Morse, this week will see the veteran actor finally wave goodbye to his most famous role.
- The irascible judge is known for not allowing much to hold back his biting observations.
- Dunmore was certainly a haughty, irascible man, who made enemies easily and often.
- He played the role for a decade and a half, delighting viewers with his portrayal of the irascible lawyer with references to wife Hilda as ‘she who must be obeyed’.
- Frank's irascible uncle, who had raised him after his parents' death, is murdered on his farm and now his nephew wants to find the murderer and claim whatever inheritance he can.
- Yet he was famously thin-skinned and irascible, as I have good reason to remember, if any criticism became directed at himself.
- I think that the distinguished bureau chief of ‘The New York Times’ in London, got it right when he said Prince Philip has been an irascible person all his life.
- In the TV show, Bruno pointed out to his irascible music teacher, Mr Sharofsky, that modern technology made traditional instruments redundant.
- I know that she is a poor widow, and that this innkeeper happens to be a very irascible person.
- In retirement, he has often provided the voice of an iconoclastic and irascible senior officer who has seen a lot - and who zealously guards his right to say what he thinks.
- The irascible Jim Godbolt, a long-time friend of Ronnie Scott, ruffled a few feathers 20 years ago when he published his book on the early decades of British jazz.
- Mature students were a rarity and often a target for irascible teachers, so medical school was uncomfortable.
- This concern, added to the French government's fear of enraging its notoriously irascible farmers, is the real motivation behind France's refusal to contemplate real reform of the agricultural organization.
- When I opened James Howard Kunstler's first nonfiction book four years ago, the irascible, bombastic tone of his descriptions immediately put me off.
- But she wasn't laughing at Leo; she was amused with her own irascible mood.
- Because Papa grew so grouchy and irascible as his health failed, I wondered at times how many people really liked him.
- But the picture drawn by Volkmar Braunbehrens's 1989 biography is of a serious, steady, occasionally irascible man.
- But when this self-involvement is threatened, well, then we see how irascible, irritable and bad tempered stoners can be.
- You've got to admit, he's got longevity, a little patience there, even though he's a bit irascible after all these years.
- This particular image consultant appears to have neglected his own image, or maybe he is just happy with being cynical, self-centred, irascible and insufferable.
- She effortlessly recalled people and events and could quote at length the irascible characters of Montana history.
- Usually, one reads descriptions from traditional authors like the following: choleric people are irascible, violent, and so on - can one-fourth of people really be like this?
- Luc patiently visits his brother, uncomplainingly sticking by the bedside of this difficult and irascible man when everyone else deserts him.
- He was a famously difficult and irascible man, some might even have characterized as mad, but was unfailingly courteous, warm and hospitable towards me.
- As a public spokesman for seismology and earthquake hazard mitigation, Richter often showed an irascible personality.
- Campbell, who's lived on the reservation since 1970, is a lifelong, irascible opponent of nuclear power in general, and the Prairie Island plant in particular.
- Two hours later they discovered the best bar in Faro was a barge docked on the banks of the town, where they parlayed for fuel and pinga with the irascible owner, Antonio.
- At the very same time, Teller was also seen as deeply irascible: thin-skinned, emotionally volatile, easily provoked, quick to take offense.
- King is also said to be a moody, irascible, and emotional cuss.
Synonyms
irritable, quick-tempered, short-tempered, bad-tempered, ill-tempered, hot-tempered, thin-skinned, snappy, snappish, tetchy, testy, touchy, edgy, crabby, waspish, dyspeptic

Origin

Late Middle English: via French from late Latin irascibilis, from Latin irasci ‘grow angry’, from ira ‘anger’.

单词	irascible
释义	Definition of irascible in English: irascible adjective ɪˈrasɪb(ə)lɪˈræsəb(ə)l Having or showing a tendency to be easily angered. an irascible and difficult man Example sentencesExamples Dunmore was certainly a haughty, irascible man, who made enemies easily and often. After 13 years playing the stubborn, long-pocketed and irascible Inspector Morse, this week will see the veteran actor finally wave goodbye to his most famous role. At the very same time, Teller was also seen as deeply irascible: thin-skinned, emotionally volatile, easily provoked, quick to take offense. He was a famously difficult and irascible man, some might even have characterized as mad, but was unfailingly courteous, warm and hospitable towards me. When I opened James Howard Kunstler's first nonfiction book four years ago, the irascible, bombastic tone of his descriptions immediately put me off. I think that the distinguished bureau chief of ‘The New York Times’ in London, got it right when he said Prince Philip has been an irascible person all his life. I know that she is a poor widow, and that this innkeeper happens to be a very irascible person. He played the role for a decade and a half, delighting viewers with his portrayal of the irascible lawyer with references to wife Hilda as ‘she who must be obeyed’. You've got to admit, he's got longevity, a little patience there, even though he's a bit irascible after all these years. This particular image consultant appears to have neglected his own image, or maybe he is just happy with being cynical, self-centred, irascible and insufferable. Because Papa grew so grouchy and irascible as his health failed, I wondered at times how many people really liked him. The irascible judge is known for not allowing much to hold back his biting observations. She effortlessly recalled people and events and could quote at length the irascible characters of Montana history. What he doesn't mention is the mood swing from the honeysweet to the irascible. But when this self-involvement is threatened, well, then we see how irascible, irritable and bad tempered stoners can be. As a public spokesman for seismology and earthquake hazard mitigation, Richter often showed an irascible personality. Campbell, who's lived on the reservation since 1970, is a lifelong, irascible opponent of nuclear power in general, and the Prairie Island plant in particular. King is also said to be a moody, irascible, and emotional cuss. As the title suggests, the exhibition focuses on the five sea adventures Tintin embarked on with his companions: Snowy, the irascible Captain Haddock and the virtually deaf Professor Calculus. The books usually revolved around the exploits of a Northern family, the Brandons, and in particular the dour son of the family Carter and the irascible Uncle Mort. This concern, added to the French government's fear of enraging its notoriously irascible farmers, is the real motivation behind France's refusal to contemplate real reform of the agricultural organization. In the TV show, Bruno pointed out to his irascible music teacher, Mr Sharofsky, that modern technology made traditional instruments redundant. In retirement, he has often provided the voice of an iconoclastic and irascible senior officer who has seen a lot - and who zealously guards his right to say what he thinks. But she wasn't laughing at Leo; she was amused with her own irascible mood. In truth, he often proved an irascible, frustrating curmudgeon at the tribunal but people loved him for it. But the picture drawn by Volkmar Braunbehrens's 1989 biography is of a serious, steady, occasionally irascible man. Luc patiently visits his brother, uncomplainingly sticking by the bedside of this difficult and irascible man when everyone else deserts him. What happened next led to a company boss pleading guilty to three charges after was provoked into what his solicitor Steven Culleton called ‘an irascible rage.’ The two make an odd couple both physically and emotionally - bulky, brooding, irascible Crowe contrasting with laid-back, long-limbed Bettany. Looking to her rearview mirror, she sees one solitary car behind her and is thankful that she must only contend with one irascible driver and no more. Yet he was famously thin-skinned and irascible, as I have good reason to remember, if any criticism became directed at himself. The irascible Jim Godbolt, a long-time friend of Ronnie Scott, ruffled a few feathers 20 years ago when he published his book on the early decades of British jazz. Two hours later they discovered the best bar in Faro was a barge docked on the banks of the town, where they parlayed for fuel and pinga with the irascible owner, Antonio. Mature students were a rarity and often a target for irascible teachers, so medical school was uncomfortable. Keen to open up their own bistro, Robin and Vicky enter into a business partnership with her irascible father James. Frank's irascible uncle, who had raised him after his parents' death, is murdered on his farm and now his nephew wants to find the murderer and claim whatever inheritance he can. Ed is voluble, softhearted, irascible, loyal to friends, and drinkative when it comes to single-malts. Usually, one reads descriptions from traditional authors like the following: choleric people are irascible, violent, and so on - can one-fourth of people really be like this? It didn't take Manny long to clash with another irascible guard. Synonyms irritable, quick-tempered, short-tempered, bad-tempered, ill-tempered, hot-tempered, thin-skinned, snappy, snappish, tetchy, testy, touchy, edgy, crabby, waspish, dyspeptic surly, cross, crusty, crabbed, grouchy, crotchety, cantankerous, curmudgeonly, ill-natured, ill-humoured, peevish, querulous, captious, fractious, bilious informal narky, prickly, ratty, hot under the collar rare iracund, iracundulous Derivatives irascibility noun ɪrasɪˈbɪlɪtiɪˌræsəˈbɪlədi She is at once an intellectual giant, the personification of hostile irascibility, and a kind and gentle great-grandmother. Example sentencesExamples Wendy is more pragmatic, gently chiding staff who do not serve customers quickly enough, and acting as an emollient to those whose egos have been bruised by her father's irascibility. The nastiness of these exchanges can be partially explained by the irascibility of some of the personalities involved, but it also reflected fundamental disagreements about methods and goals. The chairman has built a hugely effective public persona built on irascibility. The only noticeable change was in his growing irascibility with the passing years. irascibly adverbɪˈrasɪbliɪˈræsəbli I thought irascibly, though couldn't help but let a small smile grace my lips as the satisfying crunch of my alarm clock shattering into tiny little fragments of itself echoed in my head. Example sentencesExamples There's more chance then of a top dog being snapped at its customised boots by a mongrel that irascibly, annoyingly, insistently does not know its place. Unfortunately, what was once irascibly ribald years ago is now so sedate as to be comatose. How selfish he must think I am, she thought irascibly, tugging her long slender fingers through her hair to unravel the lacquered knots. ‘There wasn't a wall here before, last time I checked,’ I mutter irascibly into the hard concrete and slumped into the ground. Origin Late Middle English: via French from late Latin irascibilis, from Latin irasci 'grow angry', from ira 'anger'. Rhymes passible Definition of irascible in US English: irascible adjectiveiˈrasəb(ə)lɪˈræsəb(ə)l Having or showing a tendency to be easily angered. an irascible man Example sentencesExamples Keen to open up their own bistro, Robin and Vicky enter into a business partnership with her irascible father James. The two make an odd couple both physically and emotionally - bulky, brooding, irascible Crowe contrasting with laid-back, long-limbed Bettany. What happened next led to a company boss pleading guilty to three charges after was provoked into what his solicitor Steven Culleton called ‘an irascible rage.’ In truth, he often proved an irascible, frustrating curmudgeon at the tribunal but people loved him for it. The books usually revolved around the exploits of a Northern family, the Brandons, and in particular the dour son of the family Carter and the irascible Uncle Mort. As the title suggests, the exhibition focuses on the five sea adventures Tintin embarked on with his companions: Snowy, the irascible Captain Haddock and the virtually deaf Professor Calculus. Looking to her rearview mirror, she sees one solitary car behind her and is thankful that she must only contend with one irascible driver and no more. What he doesn't mention is the mood swing from the honeysweet to the irascible. Ed is voluble, softhearted, irascible, loyal to friends, and drinkative when it comes to single-malts. It didn't take Manny long to clash with another irascible guard. After 13 years playing the stubborn, long-pocketed and irascible Inspector Morse, this week will see the veteran actor finally wave goodbye to his most famous role. The irascible judge is known for not allowing much to hold back his biting observations. Dunmore was certainly a haughty, irascible man, who made enemies easily and often. He played the role for a decade and a half, delighting viewers with his portrayal of the irascible lawyer with references to wife Hilda as ‘she who must be obeyed’. Frank's irascible uncle, who had raised him after his parents' death, is murdered on his farm and now his nephew wants to find the murderer and claim whatever inheritance he can. Yet he was famously thin-skinned and irascible, as I have good reason to remember, if any criticism became directed at himself. I think that the distinguished bureau chief of ‘The New York Times’ in London, got it right when he said Prince Philip has been an irascible person all his life. In the TV show, Bruno pointed out to his irascible music teacher, Mr Sharofsky, that modern technology made traditional instruments redundant. I know that she is a poor widow, and that this innkeeper happens to be a very irascible person. In retirement, he has often provided the voice of an iconoclastic and irascible senior officer who has seen a lot - and who zealously guards his right to say what he thinks. The irascible Jim Godbolt, a long-time friend of Ronnie Scott, ruffled a few feathers 20 years ago when he published his book on the early decades of British jazz. Mature students were a rarity and often a target for irascible teachers, so medical school was uncomfortable. This concern, added to the French government's fear of enraging its notoriously irascible farmers, is the real motivation behind France's refusal to contemplate real reform of the agricultural organization. When I opened James Howard Kunstler's first nonfiction book four years ago, the irascible, bombastic tone of his descriptions immediately put me off. But she wasn't laughing at Leo; she was amused with her own irascible mood. Because Papa grew so grouchy and irascible as his health failed, I wondered at times how many people really liked him. But the picture drawn by Volkmar Braunbehrens's 1989 biography is of a serious, steady, occasionally irascible man. But when this self-involvement is threatened, well, then we see how irascible, irritable and bad tempered stoners can be. You've got to admit, he's got longevity, a little patience there, even though he's a bit irascible after all these years. This particular image consultant appears to have neglected his own image, or maybe he is just happy with being cynical, self-centred, irascible and insufferable. She effortlessly recalled people and events and could quote at length the irascible characters of Montana history. Usually, one reads descriptions from traditional authors like the following: choleric people are irascible, violent, and so on - can one-fourth of people really be like this? Luc patiently visits his brother, uncomplainingly sticking by the bedside of this difficult and irascible man when everyone else deserts him. He was a famously difficult and irascible man, some might even have characterized as mad, but was unfailingly courteous, warm and hospitable towards me. As a public spokesman for seismology and earthquake hazard mitigation, Richter often showed an irascible personality. Campbell, who's lived on the reservation since 1970, is a lifelong, irascible opponent of nuclear power in general, and the Prairie Island plant in particular. Two hours later they discovered the best bar in Faro was a barge docked on the banks of the town, where they parlayed for fuel and pinga with the irascible owner, Antonio. At the very same time, Teller was also seen as deeply irascible: thin-skinned, emotionally volatile, easily provoked, quick to take offense. King is also said to be a moody, irascible, and emotional cuss. Synonyms irritable, quick-tempered, short-tempered, bad-tempered, ill-tempered, hot-tempered, thin-skinned, snappy, snappish, tetchy, testy, touchy, edgy, crabby, waspish, dyspeptic Origin Late Middle English: via French from late Latin irascibilis, from Latin irasci ‘grow angry’, from ira ‘anger’.
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