different between glum vs irritable
glum
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?l?m/
- Rhymes: -?m
Etymology 1
Probably from Middle Low German glum (“glum”), related to German dialectal glumm (“gloomy, troubled, turbid”). More at gloomy.
Adjective
glum (comparative glummer, superlative glummest)
- despondent; moody; sullen
- 1857-1859, William Makepeace Thackeray, The Virginians
- I […] frighten people by my glum face.
- 1857-1859, William Makepeace Thackeray, The Virginians
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English glomen, glommen, glomben, gloumben (“to frown, look sullen”), from *glom (“gloom”). More at gloom.
Verb
glum (third-person singular simple present glums, present participle glumming, simple past and past participle glummed)
- (obsolete) To look sullen; to be of a sour countenance; to be glum.
- 1509, Stephen Hawes, The Passetyme of Pleasure
- upon me he gan to loure and glum,
Enforcing him so for to ryse withall,
But that I shortly unto hem did cum,
With his thre hedes he spytte all his venum
- upon me he gan to loure and glum,
- 1509, Stephen Hawes, The Passetyme of Pleasure
Noun
glum (uncountable)
- (obsolete) sullenness
- c. 1550, John Skelton, Colyn Cloute
- That they be deaf and dumb,
And play silence and glum
- That they be deaf and dumb,
- c. 1550, John Skelton, Colyn Cloute
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irritable
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French irritable, from Latin irritabilis
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /????t?bl/
Adjective
irritable (comparative more irritable, superlative most irritable)
- Capable of being irritated.
- Easily exasperated or excited.
- an irritable old man
- (medicine) Responsive to stimuli.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:irritable
Derived terms
- irritably
- irritability
- irritable bowel syndrome
Translations
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /i.ri?ta.bl?/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /i.ri?ta.ble/
Adjective
irritable (masculine and feminine plural irritables)
- irritable
Related terms
- irritabilitat
- irritant
- irritar
Further reading
- “irritable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Danish
Adjective
irritable
- definite of irritabel
- plural of irritabel
French
Adjective
irritable (plural irritables)
- irritable
Related terms
- irritabilité
- irritant
- irriter
Further reading
- “irritable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Norwegian Bokmål
Adjective
irritable
- definite singular of irritabel
- plural of irritabel
Norwegian Nynorsk
Adjective
irritable
- definite singular of irritabel
- plural of irritabel
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin irr?t?bilis. Cognate with English irritable.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /iri?table/, [i.ri?t?a.??le]
Adjective
irritable (plural irritables)
- irritable, cranky, testy, tetchy, prickly, snappy, snarky, irritated
Derived terms
- síndrome del intestino irritable
Related terms
- irritabilidad
- irritante
- irritar
Further reading
- “irritable” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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