different between morose vs irritable

English

Etymology

From French morose, from Latin m?r?sus (“particular, scrupulous, fastidious, self-willed, wayward, capricious, fretful, peevish”), from m?s (“way, custom, habit, self-will”). See moral.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /m?????s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /m???o?s/

Adjective

morose (comparative more morose or moroser, superlative most morose or morosest)

1. Sullen, gloomy; showing a brooding ill humour.

   Synonyms: melancholy, sulky, crabby, glum, grouchy, gruff, moody

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

• morose in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• morose in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• morose at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Romeos, mooers, more so, moreso, roomes

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin m?r?sus (“peevish, wayward”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?.?oz/
• Homophone: moroses

Adjective

morose (plural moroses)

1. sullen, gloomy, morose

Derived terms

• morosement
• morosité

Related terms

• mœurs

Further reading

• “morose” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Adjective

morose

1. feminine plural of moroso

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /mo??ro?.se/, [mo???o?s??]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /mo?ro.se/, [m?????s??]

Adjective

m?r?se

1. vocative masculine singular of m?r?sus

References

• morose in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• morose in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• morose in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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.