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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. quickly aroused to anger;
- Example: "a hotheaded commander"
[syn: choleric, irascible, hotheaded, hot-tempered, quick-tempered, short-tempered]

2. characterized by anger;
- Example: "a choleric outburst"
- Example: "an irascible response"
[syn: choleric, irascible]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Irascible \I*ras"ci*ble\, a. [L. irascibilis, fr. irasci to be
   angry, ira anger: cf. F. irascible. See Ire.]
   Prone to anger; easily provoked or inflamed to anger;
   choleric; irritable; as, an irascible man; an irascible
   temper or mood. -- I*ras"ci*ble*ness, n. -- I*ras"ci*bly,
   adv.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

irascible
    adj 1: quickly aroused to anger; "a hotheaded commander" [syn:
           choleric, irascible, hotheaded, hot-tempered,
           quick-tempered, short-tempered]
    2: characterized by anger; "a choleric outburst"; "an irascible
       response" [syn: choleric, irascible]