different between irritable vs dyspeptic

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French irritable, from Latin irritabilis

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????t?bl/

Adjective

irritable (comparative more irritable, superlative most irritable)

1. Capable of being irritated.
2. Easily exasperated or excited.

   an irritable old man

3. (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)

1. irritable

Related terms

• irritabilitat
• irritant
• irritar

Further reading

• “irritable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Danish

Adjective

irritable

1. definite of irritabel
2. plural of irritabel

French

Adjective

irritable (plural irritables)

1. 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

1. definite singular of irritabel
2. plural of irritabel

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

irritable

1. definite singular of irritabel
2. 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)

1. 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.

English

Etymology

First attested in 1694. From Ancient Greek ????????? (dúspeptos, “difficult to digest”), from ???- (dus-, “bad”) +? ????? (pépt?, “I digest”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /d?s?p?p.t?k/
• Rhymes: -?pt?k

Adjective

dyspeptic (comparative more dyspeptic, superlative most dyspeptic)

1. (pathology, not comparable) Of, relating to, or having dyspepsia or indigestion.
2. (figuratively, comparable) Irritable or morose.

   Synonyms: bad-tempered, bilious, irritable, morose

   • 2005, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty, Bloomsbury Publishing, ?ISBN, page 296,

     Sir Maurice made a rough, dyspeptic sound, as if chewing a mint.

Translations

Noun

dyspeptic (plural dyspeptics)

1. A dyspeptic person.

Related terms

• dyspepsia
• dyspeptically
• peptic

Translations