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Word entry · 9 letters

irascible

Best crossword clue

"Easily angered"

9 letters · collected on this word page

9 lettersPronunciation /ɪˈɹæs.ɪ.bəl/Part of speech adjectiveSorted abceiilrsStarts with IEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. characterized by anger

Word origin

From Middle English, from Old French irascible, from Late Latin īrāscibilis, from Latin īrāscī (“to be angry, enraged”) + -bilis. See also -ible.

Used in a sentence

  • I am naturally irascible, and if I could have shaken this negative gentleman vigorously, the relief would have been immense.
  • […] a never idle man of great physical strength and extremely irascible—did he not fling a badly baked plum pudding through the window upon Christmas Day?
  • Alan Greenspan was on an irascible roll last week, first dissing everyone who holds a fixed-rate mortgage — suckers! — and later picking on folks who collect Social Security: Get back to work, Grandma.

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