irascibility as a noun: - 1
irascibility
noun
1 irascibility
A feeling of resentful anger.
synonyms: quick temper, short temper, spleen.
Roget 901:
irascibility,
irascibleness,
temper;
crossness
etc.
adj.;
susceptibility,
procacity,
petulance,
irritability,
tartness,
acerbity,
protervity;
pugnacity
etc.
(contentiousness)
720.
excitability
etc.
825;
bad temper,
fiery temper,
crooked temper,
irritable
etc.
adj..
temper;
genus irritabile [Lat.],
hot blood.
ill humor
etc.
(sullenness)
901.1;
asperity
&c.;
churlishness
etc.
(discourtesy)
895.
huff
etc.
(resentment)
900;
a word and a blow.
Sir Fretful Plagiary;
brabbler†,
Tartar;
shrew,
vixen,
virago,
termagant,
dragon,
scold,
Xantippe;
porcupine;
spitfire;
fire eater
etc.
(blusterer)
887;
fury
etc.
(violent person)
173.
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Roget 901a:
sullenness
etc.
adj.;
morosity†,
spleen;
churlishness
etc.
(discourtesy)
895;
irascibility
etc.
901.
moodiness
etc.
adj.;
perversity;
obstinacy
etc.
606;
torvity†,
spinosity†;
crabbedness
etc.
adj..
ill temper,
bad temper,
ill humor,
bad humor;
sulks,
dudgeon,
mumps†,
dumps,
doldrums,
fit of the sulks,
bouderie [Fr.],
black looks,
scowl;
grouch;
huff
etc.
(resentment)
900.
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Roget 900:
resentment,
displeasure,
animosity,
anger,
wrath,
indignation;
exasperation,
bitter resentment,
wrathful indignation.
pique,
umbrage,
huff,
miff,
soreness,
dudgeon,
acerbity,
virulence,
bitterness,
acrimony,
asperity,
spleen,
gall;
heart-burning,
heart-swelling;
rankling.
ill humor,
bad humor,
ill temper,
bad temper;
irascibility
etc.
901;
ill blood
etc.
(hate)
898;
revenge
etc.
919.
excitement,
irritation;
warmth,
bile,
choler,
ire,
fume,
pucker,
dander,
ferment,
ebullition;
towering passion,
acharnement [Fr.],
angry mood,
taking,
pet,
tiff,
passion,
fit,
tantrums.
burst,
explosion,
paroxysm,
storm,
rage,
fury,
desperation;
violence
etc.
173;
fire and fury;
vials of wrath;
gnashing of teeth,
hot blood,
high words.
scowl
etc.
895;
sulks
etc.
901.1.
[Cause of umbrage]
affront,
provocation,
offense;
indignity
etc.
(insult)
929;
grudge,
crow to pluck,
bone to pick,
sore subject,
casus belli [Lat.];
ill turn,
outrage.
Furies,
Eumenides.
buffet,
slap in the face,
box on the ear,
rap on the knuckles.
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Dutch: opvliegendheid
Moby thesaurus: aggressiveness, agitability, bearishness, bellicosity, belligerence, bickering, bitchiness, cantankerousness, churlishness, combativeness, combustibility, contentiousness, contrariness, crabbedness, crankiness, crossness, crustiness, cussedness, difficultness, disagreeability, dissension, dissent, dissidence, dourness, edginess, emotional instability, emotionalism, eruptiveness, excitability, excitableness, explosiveness, faction, factiousness, flak, fractiousness, frowardness, huffiness, huffishness, infighting, inflammability, irritability, latent violence, litigiousness, meanness, nervousness, orneriness, partisan spirit, partisanship, perturbability, perverseness, perversite, perversity, prickliness, pugnacity, quarrelsomeness, sensitivity, shrewishness, skittishness, snappishness, startlishness, stuffiness, sulkiness, sullenness, tempestuousness, testiness, touchiness, ugliness, violence, waspishness, waywardness, wrongheadedness ... show more.
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