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Sentence example with the word 'irascible'
irascible
agitable, churlish, cross-grained, edgy, explosive, high-spirited, inflammable, ornery, skittish, startlish, touchy, wrongheaded
Definition
adj.
quickly aroused to anger
Last update: December 13, 2016
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An
irascible
person loses temper on petty issues.
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Our teacher was
irascible
today and kicked several students out of the classroom.
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d
[adjective]
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Knowing the
irascible
temper of Comrade Radek I am ready to allow that his article was not very polite.
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[adjective]
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Intrepid, energetic,
irascible
, stormy; the most cordial of men, the most formidable of combatants.
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[adjective]
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One reads that the Béarnais are "
irascible
, jealous, and spirituel."
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Caravaggio possessed a very
irascible
and roving disposition.
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It is a very quick and highly
irascible
beast and even known to turn on its pursuer.
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This incident was too much for Grace's
irascible
rooster.
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There was hurried moving about, banging of doors, excited voices,
irascible
orders given and countermanded.
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The two stood aside, and looked covertly at the Seigneur, whose temper seemed unusually
irascible
.
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Hector Macdonald was somewhat sanguine and
irascible
in temper.
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