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irascible
English
Etymology
From French irascible, from Late Latin ?r?scibilis.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /???æs.?.b?l/, /???æs.?.b?l/
- Rhymes: -?b?l
Adjective
irascible (comparative more irascible, superlative most irascible)
- Easily provoked to outbursts of anger; irritable.
- 1809, Washington Irving, Knickerbocker's History of New York, ch. 16:
- . . . the surly and irascible passions which, like belligerent powers, lie encamped around the heart.
- 1863, Louisa May Alcott, Hospital Sketches, ch. 1:
- I am naturally irascible, and if I could have shaken this negative gentleman vigorously, the relief would have been immense.
- 1921, William Butler Yeats, Four Years, ch. 10:
- . . . a never idle man of great physical strength and extremely irascible—did he not fling a badly baked plum pudding through the window upon Xmas Day?
- 2004 Feb. 29, Daniel Kadlec, "Why He's Meanspan," Time:
- Alan Greenspan was on an irascible roll last week, first dissing everyone who holds a fixed-rate mortgage — suckers! — and later picking on folks who collect Social Security: Get back to work, Grandma.
- 1809, Washington Irving, Knickerbocker's History of New York, ch. 16:
Synonyms
- cantankerous, choleric, cranky, ill-tempered, hot-tempered
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Translations
References
- irascible at OneLook Dictionary Search
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin ?r?scibilis, from ?r?scor (“grow angry”), from ?ra (“anger”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /i.?a.sibl/
Adjective
irascible (plural irascibles)
- irascible
Related terms
- ire
Further reading
- “irascible” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- ciblerais
Spanish
Adjective
irascible (plural irascibles)
- irascible
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wrathful
English
Etymology
wrath +? -ful
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??æ?f?l/, /????f?l/
Adjective
wrathful (comparative more wrathful, superlative most wrathful)
- Possessed of great wrath; very angry.
- Antonym: unwrathful
Synonyms
- wrath (rare)
- wroth
Derived terms
- wrathfully
- wrathfulness
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