getting annoyed easily; showing your anger易怒的；暴躁的 synonym bad-tempered- to be tired and irritable劳累烦躁
- She waved him away with an irritable gesture.她气恼地挥手赶走了他。
Extra Examples- Don't let yourself become irritable with the patient.不要让自己对病人烦躁。
- Having the children at home made him irritable.有孩子在家使他烦躁。
- He got quite irritable with us.他对我们很生气。
- He sounded rather irritable on the phone.他在电话上听起来很烦躁。
- She was feeling extremely irritable that morning.那天早上她感到非常烦躁。
Topics Personal qualitiesc1Oxford Collocations DictionaryIrritable is used with these nouns: See full entry Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Latin irritabilis, from the verb irritare.