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irritability

DEFINITIONS OF: irritability

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n an irritable petulant feeling

Synonyms:
choler, crossness, fretfulness, fussiness, peevishness, petulance
Types:
testiness, tetchiness, touchiness
feeling easily irritated
pet
a fit of petulance or sulkiness (especially at what is felt to be a slight)
Type of:
distemper, ill humor, ill humour
an angry and disagreeable mood

n a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger

Synonyms:
biliousness, peevishness, pettishness, snappishness, surliness, temper
Types:
querulousness
the quality of being given to complaining
Type of:
ill nature
a disagreeable, irritable, or malevolent disposition

n excessive sensitivity of an organ or body part

Synonyms:
excitability
Type of:
reactivity, responsiveness
responsive to stimulation
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