different between irritable vs angry
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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angry
English
Etymology
From Middle English angry; see anger.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?æ?.??i/
- Rhymes: -æ??ri
Adjective
angry (comparative angrier, superlative angriest)
- Displaying or feeling anger.
- (said about a wound or a rash) Inflamed and painful.
- The broken glass left two angry cuts across my arm.
- (figuratively, said about the elements, like the sky or the sea) Dark and stormy, menacing.
- Angry clouds raced across the sky.
Usage notes
- The comparative more angry and the superlative most angry are also occasionally found.
- The sense “feeling anger” is construed with with or at when the object is a person: I’m angry with/at my boss. It is construed with at or about when the object is a situation: I’m angry at/about what he said. When both a person and a situation are given, the latter is construed with for instead: I’m angry with/at my boss for what he said.
Synonyms
- (displaying anger): mad, enraged, wrathful, furious, apoplectic; irritated, annoyed, vexed, pissed off, cheesed off, worked up, psyched up
- See also Thesaurus:angry
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- Anger on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- rangy
Middle English
Alternative forms
- angri, angrye
Etymology
From anger +? -y, from Old Norse angr (“affliction, sorrow”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?an?ri?/
Adjective
angry (superlative angriest)
- Angry; displaying angriness (usually of actions)
- Easily annoyed or angered; irous or spiteful.
- Severe, vexatious, ferocious, painful.
Derived terms
- angrily
- angrynes
Descendants
- English: angry
- Scots: angry
References
- “angr?, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-04-02.
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