Irritable: alternatives and connections

Of habitual bad temper; peevish; fractious; cross; crabbed; surly; as, an ill-natured person.

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Of habitual bad temper; peevish; fractious; cross; crabbed; surly; as, an ill-natured person.

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Having sense of feeling; possessing or exhibiting the capacity of receiving impressions from external objects; as, a sensitive soul.

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Having sense of feeling; possessing or exhibiting the capacity of receiving impressions from external objects; as, a sensitive soul.

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The state of being bilious.

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The state of being bilious.

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The state or quality of being irritable; quick excitability; petulance; fretfulness; as, irritability of temper.

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The state or quality of being irritable; quick excitability; petulance; fretfulness; as, irritability of temper.

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The quality of being peevish; disposition to murmur; sourness of temper.

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The quality of being peevish; disposition to murmur; sourness of temper.

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Full of spirit; crank.

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Capable of being excited, or roused into action; susceptible of excitement; easily stirred up, or stimulated.

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Apt to break out into a passion; apt to scold; cross; snappish; ugly; unruly; as, a fractious man; a fractious horse.

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Inclined to eat; hungry.

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Habitually fretful; easily vexed or fretted; hard to please; apt to complain; querulous; petulant.

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Fretful; peevish; moody; capricious; inclined to ill temper.

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Forward; pert; insolent; wanton.

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Characterized by scratches.

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Peevish; fretful; irritable.

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Fretful; peevish; petulant; easily irritated.

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See Techy.

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