English-Thai Dictionary

irritability

N การ ตอบสนอง ต่อ การเร้า ได้ ง่าย  การ โกรธ ง่าย  การระคายเคือง 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

IRRITABILITY

n.[from irritable. ] Susceptibility of excitement; the quality of being easily irritated or exasperated; as irritability of temper. 1. In physiology, one of the four faculties of the sensorium, by which fibrous contractions are caused in consequence of the irritations excited by external bodies.
Irritability differs from sensibility; the most irritable parts of the body not being at all sensible, and vice versa. The heart is endued with the greatest irritability.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

IRRITABILITY

Ir `ri *ta *bil "i *ty, n. Etym: [L. irritabilitas: cf. F. irritabilité. ]

 

1. The state or quality of being irritable; quick excitability; petulance; fretfulness; as, irritability of temper.

 

2. (Physiol.)

 

Defn: A natural susceptibility, characteristic of all living organisms, tissues, and cells, to the influence of certain stimuli, response being manifested in a variety of ways, -- as that quality in plants by which they exhibit motion under suitable stimulation; esp. ,the property which living muscle processes, of responding either to a direct stimulus of its substance, or to the stimulating influence of its nerve fibers, the response being indicated by a change of form, or contraction; contractility.

 

3. (Med. )

 

Defn: A condition of morbid excitability of an organ or part of the body; undue susceptibility to the influence of stimuli. See Irritation, n., 3.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

irritability

ir ri ta bil i ty |ˌiritəˈbilitē ɪrɪtəˈbɪləti | ▶noun the quality or state of being irritable: symptoms include insomnia and irritability.

 

Oxford Dictionary

irritability

ir ¦rit |abil ¦ity |ˌɪrɪtəˈbɪlɪti | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the quality or state of being irritable: symptoms include insomnia and irritability.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

irritability

irritability noun she walked in with the irritability of a wounded bear: irascibility, testiness, touchiness, grumpiness, moodiness, grouchiness, (bad ) mood, cantankerousness, curmudgeonliness, bad temper, short temper, ill humor, peevishness, crossness, fractiousness, pettishness, crabbiness, tetchiness, waspishness, prickliness, crankiness, orneriness; literary choler. ANTONYMS good humor.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

irritability

irritability noun apart from occasional irritability, there were no major disagreements among them: irascibility, tetchiness, testiness, touchiness, scratchiness, grumpiness, moodiness, grouchiness, crotchetiness, a (bad ) mood, cantankerousness, curmudgeonliness, churlishness, bad temper, ill temper, ill nature, ill humour, peevishness, crossness, pique, impatience, fractiousness, pettishness, crabbiness, waspishness, prickliness, pepperiness, crustiness, spleen, shrewishness, short temper, hot temper, quick temper; informal snappishness, snappiness, chippiness, a short fuse; Brit. informal shirtiness, stroppiness, rattiness; N. Amer. informal crankiness, orneriness, soreheadedness; Austral. /NZ informal snakiness; informal, dated miffiness; literary choler. ANTONYMS good humour; placidity.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

irritability

ì r ri ta b í l i ty 名詞 U 怒りやすいこと, 短気 ; (刺激への )反応, 興奮 .