IRRITABILITY, IRRITABLE
ADJECTIVES
► AMBITIOUS irritable, bad-tempered, easily angered → 1990 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► ATRY ► ATTERY of persons: irritable, fretful, grim, ill-tempered → 1742 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► AZZALD bad-tempered, irritable → 1841 Eng. dial.
► BANGIE irritable, quarrelsome, pettish → 1898 Sc. (Bk.)
► BITCHY irritable; complaining → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► BRITTLE irritable; tense → 1981 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► CAINGY irritable, cross, peevish, ill-tempered → 1778 Eng. dial.
► CAPERNOITED crabbed, irritable, peevish; snappish; ill-natured, fractious → 1719 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► CAPERNOITY crabbed, irritable, peevish; slightly affected in the head by drinking, muddle-headed, wrong-headed → 1769 Sc.
► CARNAPTIOUS ► CURNAPTIOUS irritable, ill-tempered, quarrelsome → 1890 Sc.
► CATCHY impatient, irritable → 1895 Amer. dial.
► CRABBIT bad-tempered, irritable → Sc. & Irish
► CRANKOUS irritable, fretful, cranky → 1786 Sc.
► CRANKY irritable; fretful → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► CROOK angry; annoyed; irritable, bad-tempered (followed by ‘on’, ‘at’) → 1910 Aust. & NZ sl.
► CROSS AS A BADGER very irritable → 1914 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► CROSS AS SAM PATCH very irritable → 1914 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► CROTCHICAL irritable → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► DAIN cross, irritable → 1896 Eng. dial.
► DODGIE irritable, thin-skinned → 1825 Sc.
► DUSTY tetchy, irritable, out of sorts → 1980s US students’ sl.
► EAR-SORE irritable, ill-tempered, morose, peevish, quarrelsome; apt to take offense → 1594 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► EDGY nervous, irritable, tense → 1837 UK sl.
► ELVISH irritable, spiteful, mischievous → 1813 Eng. dial.
► FEASY cross, irritable, peevish, fretful → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FRATCHETY peevish, irritable, ill-tempered, cross, quarrelsome → 19C Eng. dial.
► FRUMPY cross, ill-tempered, irritable, churlish; also, dowdy → 1746
► FUDGY fretful, irritable, uneasy → 1819
► FUNKY prone to kicking; irritable, easily angered → 1855 Sc., obs.
► GRITCHY complaining, irritable → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► GROUCHY ill-tempered, irritable, grumpy, cross, sulky → 1861 colloq.
► GROUTY sulky, cross, surly, peevish, sullen, ill-tempered, ill-natured, crabbed, grumpy, irritable → 1836 Eng. & Amer. dial.
► GRUMBLESOME irritable, complaining, given to grumbling → 1950 Amer. dial.
► GRUMLY fault-finding, grumbling, irritable → 1894 Sc.
► GRUMPTIOUS irritable, sullen; inclined to grumbling → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GRUNTY irritable, grouchy → 1892 Amer. dial.
► GUSTFUL fitfully irritable or emotional
► GUSTY fitfully irritable or emotional
► HASTISH quickly excited to anger; quick-tempered, passionate, irritable → 1749 Eng. dial.
► HAVE THE RAG ON to be distracted and irritable → 1963 US sl.
► HORNETY irritable → 1914 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► HURRY-DURRY impatient, irritable → 1672 nautical usage, obs.
► ILL-BLAINED morose, ill-tempered, irritable → 1887 Eng. dial.
► ILL-BLENDED morose, ill-tempered, irritable → 1887 Eng. dial.
► ILL-TWINED morose, ill-tempered, irritable → 1887 Sc.
► IN A FUME irritable, angry → LME
► IRACUND inclined to wrath; prone to anger; passionate, irascible, irritable → 1821
► IRACUNDULOUS inclined to anger, easily angered, irritable; irascible → 1765
► KNAGGY cross, snappish, querulous; irritable; sarcastic → 1840 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► KVETCHY given to or characterized by complaining or criticizing; ill-tempered, irritable → 1965 US colloq., chiefly Jewish usage
► LIKE A BEAR WITH A SORE EAR very irritable, sullen, or bad-tempered → 1785
► LIKE A BEAR WITH A SORE HEAD very irritable, sullen, or bad-tempered → 1830
► MAGGED irritable, irritated → L19 colloq.
► MAGGOTISH ill-tempered, irritable → 20C Aust. sl.
► MAGGOTTY ► MAGGOTY queer-tempered, fractious, cross, ill-tempered, irritable → 1890 Eng. dial.
► MEAN AS TURKEY BITTERS mean, irritable → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► MEANY mean; irritable → 1941 Amer. dial.
► METTLY quick-tempered, irritable → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MINNITY very irritable and impatient → 1903 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MUMPED UP irritable → 1903 Amer. dial.
► NAGGY cross, snappish, querulous; shrewish; irritable; ill-natured, bad-tempered, testy; sarcastic → 1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► NATTLE quick to take offense; touchy; irritable; cross → 1868 Eng. dial.
► NATTLED cross, ill-tempered, irritable → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► NAZY ► NAZZY peevish, ill-tempered, irritable, cross; low-spirited → 1878 Eng. dial.
► NETTLESOME irritable → 1766
► NETTLY irritable → 1825
► NIGGEDY-NAGGETY irritable, nasty-tempered, bad-tempered → 1887 Eng. dial.
► ON OFFSIDES of a person: odd, peculiar; irritable, touchy, easily offended → 1969 Amer. dial.
► ON THE OFFSIDE of a person: odd, peculiar; irritable, touchy, easily offended → 1969 Amer. dial.
► ON THE PECK irritable; angry; ready to fight; short-tempered; easily offended → 1907 Amer. dial.
► ON THE PROD irritable, angry, bad-tempered, on the offensive → 1903 Amer. dial.
► ON THE RAG irritated, irritable, testy, bad-tempered → 1963 sl.
► OUCHY irritable, short-tempered, touchy, easily offended, sensitive, intolerant → 1966 Amer. dial.
► OUT OF ONE’S GEARS out of sorts; irritable, grouchy → a1700 obs.
► OWLY angry, cross, irritable, bad-tempered, easily offended; sulky, pouting → 1950 Amer. dial.
► PATCHY cross, irritable, testy, uncertain in temper → 1883 Eng. dial.
► PAUGHTY irritable, easily provoked, short-tempered → 19C Eng. dial.
► PRODDY irritable, bad-tempered, touchy, easily angered, aggressive → 1932 Amer. dial.
► RASPISH irritating, irritable → 1854
► RASPY easily exasperated, irritable, short-tempered → 1877
► RATTY irritable, annoyed, cross, bad-tempered → 1909 colloq., orig. UK
► REEDEN-LIKE as though irritable → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► REEDENT peevish, irritable, angry → 1781 Eng. dial.
► RINGY nervous; angry; irritable → 1928 Amer. dial.
► RUSTY of a person: bad-tempered, irritable, angry → 1694
► SHACK WACKY nervous or irritable as a result of confinement to close quarters → 1991 Amer. dial.
► SHIRTY irritable, ill-tempered, cross → 1846 sl.
► SHITTY irritable, ill-tempered, cross → 1846 sl.
► SHORT-GRAINED short-tempered, irritable → 19C Eng. dial.
► SHORT-METTLED short-tempered, irritable, hasty → 19C Eng. dial.
► SHORT-PATIENCED quick-tempered; excitable; touchy; irritable; easily offended; impatient → 1922 Amer. dial.
► SHORT-PATIENT quick-tempered; excitable; touchy; irritable; easily offended; impatient → 1922 Amer. dial.
► SNAKEY► SNAKY irritable, angry, annoyed → 1919 Aust. & NZ sl.
► SNAPPY short-tempered; irritable → 1834 US sl.
► SNARKY irritable; touchy; sarcastic, snide → 1906 Amer. sl.
► SNITCHY tetchy, ill-tempered, irritable → 1970s NZ sl.
► SNORTY ill-tempered, disagreeable, captious, irritable, bad-tempered → 19C colloq.
► SPLENITIVE splenetic; irritable, morose, peevish, ill-humoured, quick-tempered, testy → 1633 obs.
► SPUNKIE ► SPUNKY angry, irritable, irascible → 1809 Eng. & Amer. dial.
► STOMACHY easily angered; irritable → Eng. dial.
► STREAKY irritable; short-tempered → 1904 sl. (Bk.)
► SULKY AS A BEAR WITH A SORE HEAD adj. sullen, irritable, peevish → 1840
► TADIOUS ► TAGEOUS peevish, fretful, fractious, irritable, difficult to please; fidgety, restless → 1892 Eng. dial.
► TARRY irritable, verging towards spiteful anger → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TATCHY touchy, irritable, peevish, fretful, cross → 1746 Eng. dial.
► TECHEOUS ► TECHOUS ► TETCHIOUS ► TETCHOUS ► TETCHUS touchy, irritable, fretful, short-tempered → 1842 Amer. dial.
► TECHY touchy, irritable, fretful, short-tempered, peevish, easily offended, sensitive → 1815 Amer. dial.
► TEDDIOUS ► TEDIOUS peevish, fretful, fractious, irritable, difficult to please; fidgety, restless → 1892 Eng. dial.
► TEECHY tetchy, peevish, irritable, short-tempered; easily offended or angered → 1691 Eng. dial.
► TETCHEROUS touchy, irritable, fretful, short-tempered → 1976 Amer. dial.
► TETCHIFIED touchy, irritable, fretful, short-tempered → 1944 Amer. dial.
► TETCHOUS AS A SKINNED EEL touchy, irritable, fretful, short-tempered → 1842 Amer. dial.
► TETCHSOME touchy, irritable, fretful, short-tempered → 1966 Amer. dial.
► TETCHY touchy, irritable, fretful, short-tempered, peevish, easily offended → 1592
► TETTY easily offended; irritable, peevish; captious, testy, cross-tempered; bad-tempered → 1621 obs. exc. Sc.
► THREE-CORNERED irritable → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► THREE-NOOKED irritable → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► THREE-SQUARE irritable → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TICKY irritable; itchy; affected by ticks or lice → 1857 Eng. dial.
► TIFFY given to fits of ill-temper; petulant, touchy, irritable, pettish, ill-humoured, uncertain in temper → 1810 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► TIFTY given to fits of ill-temper; petulant, touchy, irritable, uncertain in temper → 1905 Sc. & Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TILTISH easily offended, irritable, touchy → 1746 Eng. dial. obs.
► TILTY easily offended, irritable, touchy → 1825 Eng. dial. obs.
► TIMMY irritable, fretful → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TINDERY nervous, irritable, easily inflamed → 1917 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► TITCHY tetchy, peevish, irritable, short-tempered; easily offended or angered → 1691 Eng. dial.
► TOEY agitated, restless, nervous, on edge, irritable → 1930 sl., chiefly Aust.
► TOITISH saucy, pert, or impudent; easily offended; flighty in temper; irritable, ill-tempered, snappish → 1846 Eng. dial.
► TOUCHOUS tetchy, touchy, apt to take offense; irritable, irascible, peevish; testy, easily angered, ill-tempered → 1880 Amer. dial.
► TUTTY irritable, ill-tempered, testy, touchy, peevish, easily offended → 1809 Eng. dial.
► TWITCHED agitated, restless, nervous, irritable → 1959 UK sl., orig. military usage
► TWITCHY nervous, fidgety, irritable, agitated, restless → 1787
► TWITTY touchy, irritable, short-tempered; censorious, carping → a1825 orig. Eng. dial.
► UNPEACEABLE irritable, quarrelsome → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► UPPISH irritable, easily offended → L18 sl.
► WREEDEN ► WRIDDEN peevish, irritable, angry → 1781 Eng. dial.
► YAPPY sharp and unpleasant of speech; cross, irritable; usually applied to old people → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
NOUNS
► ANTS IN ONE’S BRITCHES restlessness, irritability; eagerness for action or sexual activity → 1949 US sl.
► ANTS IN ONE’S PANTS restlessness, irritability; eagerness for action or sexual activity → 1931 US sl.
► ANTS IN ONE’S TOES restlessness, irritability; eagerness for action or sexual activity → 1933 US sl.
► BURR UNDER YOUR SADDLE BLANKET an unexplained irritability → 1987 Can. sl.
► BUTT, THE anger or irritability → 1973 Amer. sl.
► CABIN FEVER lassitude, restlessness, impatience, or irritability as a result of being confined in too small a space, with no variety in companions or occupations → 1918 sl.
► EAGERNESS bitterness, irritability → 1475 obs.
► FUME a fit of anger, an irritable or angry mood → a1529
► HYPO, THE hypochondria; generally, depression, anxiety, irritability, or low spirits → 1701 obs.
► RUSTINESS irritability, bad temper; also, restiveness → 1860 sl.
► TILTISHNESS ill-temper; touchiness, irritability → 1746 Eng. dial. obs.
► TWIT a fit of temper or irritability → a1825 Eng. dial. obs.
► TWITCHINESS a being twitchy; nervousness, fidgetiness, irritability → 1834
► VINNY nervous irritability → 1881 Eng. dial.
NOUNS – PERSON
► ABE an irritable or low woman → 1971 Boonville California jargon (Bk.)
► BANGREE an ill-natured, ungovernable woman; a contentious, irritable, scolding woman → 1888 Sc. (Bk.)
► BEAR a gruff, irritable person → 1638 sl.
► BEAR WITH A SORE HEAD, A a gruff, irritable person ...c1638
► BITCHER a complainer, a whinger; an irritable person who is constantly complaining → 1937 US sl.
► BITCH KITTY an obstinate, disagreeable, or bad-tempered girl or woman; a difficult, irritable, complaining woman → c1930 Amer. sl.
► DEAD BATTERY an irritable or gloomy person; a pessimist → World War II Amer. sl.
► GLOOM PAN an irritable or gloomy person; a pessimist → World War II Amer. sl.
► GLOOM PUSS an irritable or gloomy person; a pessimist → World War II Amer. sl.
► GLOOMY PAN an irritable or gloomy person; a pessimist → World War II Amer. sl.
► GLUMP a sulky, sullen, morose person; an irritable or gloomy person; a pessimist → 1804 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► GLUM PAN an irritable or gloomy person; a pessimist → World War II Amer. sl.
► GLUM-POT an irritable, gloomy, or glum person; a melancholy or ill-tempered person; a pessimist → 1917 US sl.
► GLUM PUSS ON A HOLIDAY an irritable or gloomy person; a pessimist → World War II Amer. sl.
► GROUCH-BOX an irritable or grouchy person; a scolder; a mean, bad-tempered person; one who always finds fault; a complainer → 1960 Amer. dial.
► GROUCH-POT an irritable or grouchy person; a scolder; a mean, bad-tempered person; one who always finds fault; a complainer → 1968 Amer. dial.
► MOP-CAP a hasty-tongued person, a tartar, a rough and violent or irritable person → 1895 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► NETHER an ill-natured or irritable person → 1924 Sc.
► SAD APPLE a gloomy person, frequently irritable, introverted, or pessimistic; usually a person unnoticed socially; a drip → 1975 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SPARROW-FART an irritable child → 1975 Irish sl.
► SPUNKIE ► SPUNKY a person of an irritable and fiery temper → 1821 Sc.
► TARTAR a savage person; a rough and violent or irritable person, an irascible person; an ill-natured, shrewish woman, a vixen, a termagant → 1663
VERBS
► FALL OFF THE ROOF to be in a nervous, irritable state → 1970s US homosexual sl.
► GET OUT OF BED BACKWARDS to be irritable or ill-tempered → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GET UP BACKWARDS to be irritable; to get up on the wrong side of the bed → 1941 Amer. dial.
► HAVE SHIT ON THE LIVER to be irritable → 1935 Aust. sl.
► MUMP ► MUMP AROUND to act dejected or ill-humoured; to be irritable → 1887 Amer. dial.
► SUCK EGGS to be mean and irritable → 1906 US sl.
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