English-Thai Dictionary

irritable

ADJ ขี้โมโห  โมโห ง่าย  bad-tempered touchy resentful cool pleasant ke-mo-ho

 

irritableness

N ความ ไว ต่อ การ กระตุ้น  ความ ระคายเคือง 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

IRRITABLE

a.[from irritate. ] Susceptible of excitement, or of heat and action, as animal bodies. 1. Very susceptible of anger or passion; easily inflamed or exasperated; as an irritable temper.
2. In physiology, susceptible of contraction, in consequence of the appulse of an external body.
In general, there is nothing irritable in the animal body, but the muscular fibers.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

IRRITABLE

Ir "ri *ta *ble, a. Etym: [L. irritabilis: cf. F. irritable. See Irritate. ]

 

1. Capable of being irriated.

 

2. Very susceptible of anger or passion; easily inflamed or exasperated; as, an irritable temper. Vicious, old, and irritable. Tennyson.

 

3. (Physiol.)

 

Defn: Endowed with irritability; susceptible of irritation; capable of being excited to action by the application of certain stimuli.

 

4. (Med. )

 

Defn: Susceptible of irritation; unduly sensitive to irritants or stimuli. See Irritation, n., 3.

 

Syn. -- Excitable; irascible; touchy; fretful; peevish.

 

IRRITABLENESS

IRRITABLENESS Ir "ri *ta *ble *ness, n.

 

Defn: Irritability.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

irritable

ir ri ta ble |ˈiritəbəl ˈɪrədəbəl | ▶adjective having or showing a tendency to be easily annoyed or made angry: she was tired and irritable. • Medicine (of a bodily part or organ ) abnormally sensitive. • Medicine (of a condition ) caused by such sensitivity. • Biology (of a living organism ) having the property of responding actively to physical stimuli. DERIVATIVES ir ri ta bly |-blē |adverb ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Latin irritabilis, from the verb irritare (see irritate ).

 

irritable bowel syndrome

ir ri ta ble bow el syn drome |ˈɪrədəbəl ˈbaʊəl |(abbr.: IBS ) ▶noun a widespread condition involving recurrent abdominal pain and diarrhea or constipation, often associated with stress, depression, anxiety, or previous intestinal infection.

 

Oxford Dictionary

irritable

ir ¦rit |able |ˈɪrɪtəb (ə )l | ▶adjective 1 having or showing a tendency to be easily annoyed: she was tired and irritable. 2 Medicine (of a body part ) abnormally sensitive. • (of a condition ) caused an abnormally sensitive body part. • Biology (of a living organism ) having the property of responding actively to physical stimuli. DERIVATIVES irritably adverb ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Latin irritabilis, from the verb irritare (see irritate ).

 

irritable bowel syndrome

ir ¦rit |able bowel syn |drome ▶noun [ mass noun ] a widespread condition involving recurrent abdominal pain and diarrhoea or constipation, often associated with stress, depression, anxiety, or previous intestinal infection.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

irritable

irritable adjective being out of work made him irritable: bad-tempered, short-tempered, irascible, tetchy, testy, touchy, grumpy, grouchy, moody, crotchety, in a (bad ) mood, cantankerous, bilious, curmudgeonly, ill-tempered, annoyed, cross, ill-humored, peevish, fractious, pettish, crabby, bitchy, waspish, prickly, splenetic, dyspeptic, choleric; informal cranky, ornery, shirty, on a short fuse, soreheaded. ANTONYMS easygoing. WORD NOTE shirty An apt, infrequently used term for irritable or easily annoyed, as in, Well, you don't have to get all shirty about it, which virtually guarantees an increase in shirtiness. — JS Conversational, opinionated, and idiomatic, these Word Notes are an opportunity to see a working writer's perspective on a particular word or usage.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

irritable

irritable adjective being out of work made him irritable: bad-tempered, irascible, tetchy, testy, touchy, scratchy, grumpy, grouchy, moody, crotchety, in a (bad ) mood, cantankerous, curmudgeonly, ill-tempered, ill-natured, ill-humoured, peevish, having got out of bed the wrong side, cross, as cross as two sticks, fractious, disagreeable, pettish, crabbed, crabby, waspish, prickly, peppery, crusty, splenetic, shrewish, short-tempered, hot-tempered, quick-tempered, dyspeptic, choleric, bilious, liverish, cross-grained; informal snappish, snappy, chippy, on a short fuse, short-fused; Brit. informal shirty, stroppy, narky, ratty, eggy, like a bear with a sore head; N. Amer. informal cranky, ornery, peckish, soreheaded; Austral. /NZ informal snaky; informal, dated waxy, miffy. ANTONYMS good-humoured; easy-going.

 

French Dictionary

irritable

irritable adj. adjectif Susceptible, qui se fâche pour peu de chose. : Cette personne est irritable, elle se met en colère pour des riens. SYNONYME emporté ; irascible .

 

Spanish Dictionary

irritable

irritable adjetivo 1 [persona ] Que se irrita o enoja con facilidad :una persona muy irritable; desde que va al colegio está más irritable .2 Que es propio de las personas que se irritan con facilidad :carácter irritable .3 [parte del cuerpo ] Que se irrita con facilidad :colon irritable; piel irritable .ETIMOLOGÍA Derivado de irritar ‘enojar ’.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

irritable

ir ri ta ble /ɪ́rətəb (ə )l /形容詞 1 怒りっぽい, 短気の .2 ｟主に英 ｠〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗〘医 〙過敏な, 過敏性の, 刺激を受け [感じ ]やすい 〈器官 身体部位 〉.～̀ b ó wel s ỳ ndrome 〘医 〙過敏 (性 )腸症候群 .í r ri ta bly 副詞 〖通例文尾で 〗いらいらして .