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irascible

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ɪˈræsɪbəl/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ɪˈræsəbəl/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(i ras′ə bəl)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
i•ras•ci•ble /ɪˈræsəbəl/USA pronunciation   adj. 
  1. easily made angry; very irritable:an irascible city bus driver.
  2. showing or produced by anger:an irascible response.
i•ras•ci•bil•i•ty /ɪˌræsəˈbɪlɪti/USA pronunciation  n. [uncountable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
i•ras•ci•ble  (i ras′ə bəl),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. easily provoked to anger;
    very irritable:an irascible old man.
  2. characterized or produced by anger:an irascible response.
  • Late Latin īrāscibilis, equivalent. to Latin īrāsc- (stem of īrāscī to grow angry; equivalent. to īr(a) ire + -ā- theme vowel + -sc- inchoative suffix + -ī infinitive ending; see -esce) + -ibilis -ible
  • Middle English irascibel 1350–1400
i•ras′ci•bil′i•ty, i•ras′ci•ble•ness, n. 
i•ras′ci•bly, adv. 
    1. 2. testy, touchy, peppery, choleric, short-tempered. See irritable. 
    1. 2. calm, even-tempered.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
irascible /ɪˈræsɪbəl/ adj
  1. easily angered; irritable
  2. showing irritability: an irascible action
Etymology: 16th Century: from Late Latin īrascibilis, from Latin īra angeriˌrasciˈbility, iˈrascibleness n iˈrascibly adv
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