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# irritable

adjective (irritable, more irritable)

«irritable» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Easily annoyed or made angry; grumpy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irritable/#m1)
2. (medicine) Sore or sensitive, as in «irritable skin». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irritable/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday life and stories: people are irritable when tired, hungry («hangry») or ill. In health lessons: lack of sleep makes you irritable. Phrases: feel irritable, get irritable.

### Examples

- I get irritable when I'm hungry. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irritable/#x1)
- The baby was irritable because she was teething. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irritable/#x2)
- Dad is irritable before his morning coffee. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irritable/#x3)
- Lack of sleep can make you irritable. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irritable/#x4)
- The irritable old dog growled. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irritable/#x5)
- Hot weather made everyone irritable. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irritable/#x6)
- “If,” said one irritable guard, “if we buzzed a spear at the persistent stranger, or if one slung at him with a jagged pebble!” [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irritable/#x7)

### Note

Related: irritate, irritation. Similar: grumpy, cranky (US), crabby, ratty (UK informal), narky (UK slang). Spelling: double r, -able.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «irritable» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irritable/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«irritable» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/irritable.html) on Mova free.