irritable — meaning in English
Spanish → English · translate English → Spanish instead
English meaning
- crusty adjective Having a hard, crisp outer layer, especially bread.
- fretful adj Given to fretting.
- grouchy adjective Easily irritated and inclined to complain.
- irritable adjective Easily annoyed or made angry; short-tempered.
- prickly adj Covered with small sharp points or thorns.
- snappy adjective Quick and to the point, often used approvingly.
- splenetic adj Bad-tempered, irritable, peevish, spiteful, habitually angry.
Senses
irritable is used for these senses in English:
- crusty (informal, figuratively, of a person or behavior) Short-tempered and gruff but, sometimes, with a harmless or benign inner nature.
- fretful Irritable; bad-tempered; grumpy; peevish.
- grouchy (originally, student slang) Irritable; easily upset; angry; tending to complain. [From 1895]
- prickly (figurative) Easily irritated.
- snappy (informal) Irritable.
- splenetic Bad-tempered, irritable, peevish, spiteful, habitually angry.
crusty — full definition
- adjective Having a hard, crisp outer layer, especially bread.
- adjective Grumpy or short-tempered, often in an old, curmudgeonly way.
fretful — full definition
- adj Given to fretting.
- adj Unable to relax: fidgety; restless; worried; anxious.
- adj Irritable; bad-tempered; grumpy; peevish.