Irascible
adjective
Easily made angry.
My irascible boss gets angry over minor things.
Often appears as...
- irascible temperament
- irascible nature
adjective
Easily made angry.
My irascible boss gets angry over minor things.
Often appears as...
- irascible temperament
- irascible nature
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Emotionally Charged
Irascible often describes someone with a short temper and impulsive reactions.
The irascible chef threw a pan when the dish was slightly overcooked.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
Using 'irascible' suggests a negative opinion about someone's personality.
The irascible witness made the courtroom tense with his outbursts.
Pro Tip 3/3Personality Trait
Irascible is often used to indicate a characteristic trait, not just a temporary mood.
Despite his brilliant mind, the inventor was known to be irascible.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotionally Charged
Irascible often describes someone with a short temper and impulsive reactions.
The irascible chef threw a pan when the dish was slightly overcooked.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
Using 'irascible' suggests a negative opinion about someone's personality.
The irascible witness made the courtroom tense with his outbursts.
Pro Tip 3/3Personality Trait
Irascible is often used to indicate a characteristic trait, not just a temporary mood.
Despite his brilliant mind, the inventor was known to be irascible.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotionally Charged
Irascible often describes someone with a short temper and impulsive reactions.
The irascible chef threw a pan when the dish was slightly overcooked.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
Using 'irascible' suggests a negative opinion about someone's personality.
The irascible witness made the courtroom tense with his outbursts.
Pro Tip 3/3Personality Trait
Irascible is often used to indicate a characteristic trait, not just a temporary mood.
Despite his brilliant mind, the inventor was known to be irascible.
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Bengal this remarkable Charles Howard brewery in the irascible Scott Herald Rayburn let's take Charles Howard brewery over there this is an incredible guy who led the 1921 expedition he was not really a man designed for war but he saw the war from start to finish he was always drawn to the sacred he
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one of my supervisors was this irascible Italian core Pietro who drank too much smoke too much and swore much too much but he was a passionate teacher and I remember one of our earlier classes with
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Thomas P. Campbell:...
When I was considering a career in the art world, I took a course in London, and one of my supervisors was this irascible Italian
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Wade Davis: Into the...
Bengal this remarkable Charles Howard brewery in the irascible Scott Herald Rayburn let's take Charles Howard brewery over there this is an incredible guy who led the 1921 expedition he was not really a man designed for war but he saw the war from start to finish he was always drawn to the sacred he
Video examples
Weaving narratives in...
one of my supervisors was this irascible Italian core Pietro who drank too much smoke too much and swore much too much but he was a passionate teacher and I remember one of our earlier classes with
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Thomas P. Campbell:...
When I was considering a career in the art world, I took a course in London, and one of my supervisors was this irascible Italian
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Quote examples
Mary H.K. Choi
South Korean Author
My mom is an excellent mom. She knows I am irascible, prickly, and antisocial. She knows that most human interaction makes me tired and that I either scare people away with precise invectives or trot out the fakest, nicest skinjob of myself because it requires zero effort.
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Joel Edgerton
Australian Actor
I wasted too much time in my twenties. I worked, but I would do theater in the evening, and during the day I would surf and do irascible things. And then, for some reason, as I got closer to my thirties, I thought, 'Okay Joel, you've wasted enough time.
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Tom Hardy
English Actor
I have to make my bones with Hollywood to get in. And when I do maybe I'll metamorphose from Mr. Muscles or whatever it is I am now and become an irascible tosser.
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Mary H.K. Choi
South Korean Author
From the first time I harangued my mother into buying me a pair of platform sandals at the irascible and persistent age of 11, I've worn heels.
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Ed Asner
American Actor
I can do lovers. I can do Sir Galahad types. I'm not going to limit myself in voice-overs to irascible old men.
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Ezra Pound
American Poet
I have never known anyone worth a damn who wasn't irascible.
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Mary H.K. Choi
South Korean Author
My mom is an excellent mom. She knows I am irascible, prickly, and antisocial. She knows that most human interaction makes me tired and that I either scare people away with precise invectives or trot out the fakest, nicest skinjob of myself because it requires zero effort.
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Joel Edgerton
Australian Actor
I wasted too much time in my twenties. I worked, but I would do theater in the evening, and during the day I would surf and do irascible things. And then, for some reason, as I got closer to my thirties, I thought, 'Okay Joel, you've wasted enough time.
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Tom Hardy
English Actor
I have to make my bones with Hollywood to get in. And when I do maybe I'll metamorphose from Mr. Muscles or whatever it is I am now and become an irascible tosser.
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Mary H.K. Choi
South Korean Author
From the first time I harangued my mother into buying me a pair of platform sandals at the irascible and persistent age of 11, I've worn heels.
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Ed Asner
American Actor
I can do lovers. I can do Sir Galahad types. I'm not going to limit myself in voice-overs to irascible old men.
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Ezra Pound
American Poet
I have never known anyone worth a damn who wasn't irascible.
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