Definitions for Irascible
ɪˈræs ə bəliras·ci·ble

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. choleric, irascible, hotheaded, hot-tempered, quick-tempered, short-temperedadjective

   quickly aroused to anger

   "a hotheaded commander"

2. choleric, irascibleadjective

   characterized by anger

   "a choleric outburst"; "an irascible response"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. irascibleadjective

   Easily provoked to outbursts of anger; irritable.

2. Etymology: From irascible, from irascibilis.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Irascibleadjective

   Partaking of the nature of anger.

   Etymology: irascibilis, low Latin; irascible, French.

   The irascible passions follow the temper of the heart, and the concupiscible distractions the crasis of the liver. Brown.

   I know more than one instance of irascible passions subdued by a vegetable diet. John Arbuthnot, on Aliments.

   We are here in the country surrounded with blessings and pleasures, without any occasion of exercising our irascible faculties. Robert Digby, to Pope.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Irascibleadjective

   prone to anger; easily provoked or inflamed to anger; choleric; irritable; as, an irascible man; an irascible temper or mood

2. Etymology: [L. irascibilis, fr. irasci to be angry, ira anger: cf. F. irascible. See Ire.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Irascible

   ī-ras′i-bl, adj. susceptible of ire or anger: easily provoked: irritable.—n. Irascibil′ity.—adv. Iras′cibly. [Fr.,—L. irascibilis—irasci, to be angry—ira, anger.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Irascible in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Irascible in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of Irascible in a Sentence

1. Marquis de Sade:

   Imperious, choleric, irascible, extreme in everything, with a dissolute imagination the like of which has never been seen, atheistic to the point of fanaticism, there you have me in a nutshell, and kill me again or take me as I am, for I shall not change.

2. Chris Christie:

   John McCain was far more irascible and tactless in his campaign style than Christie has been and he was not known as a bully, maybe it's just because of Chris Christie's size -- he looks like a guy who could just squash you!

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Irascible
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Irascible
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Irascible
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Irascible
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Irascible