Irritability

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The quality of being irritable; an irritable state or condition of the mind; proneness to mental irritation; irascibility; petulance: as, irritability of temper.
  • noun. In physiology, the property of nerve, muscle, or other active tissue of reacting upon stimuli; in muscles, specifically, the property of contracting when stimulated.
  • noun. In botany, that endowment of a vegetable organism by virtue of which a motion takes place in it in response to an external stimulus.
  • noun. In pathology, morbid responsiveness to stimuli.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The state or quality of being irritable; quick excitability; petulance; fretfulness.
  • noun. A natural susceptibility, characteristic of all living organisms, tissues, and cells, to the influence of certain stimuli, response being manifested in a variety of ways, -- as that quality in plants by which they exhibit motion under suitable stimulation; esp., the property which living muscle possesses, of responding either to a direct stimulus of its substance, or to the stimulating influence of its nerve fibers, the response being indicated by a change of form, or contraction; contractility.
  • noun. A condition of morbid excitability of an organ or part of the body; undue susceptibility to the influence of stimuli. See Irritation, n., 3.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The state or quality of being irritable; quick excitability; petulance; fretfulness; as, irritability of temper.
  • noun. A natural susceptibility, characteristic of all living organisms, tissues, and cells, to the influence of certain stimuli, response being manifested in a variety of ways.
  • noun. A condition of morbid excitability of an organ or part of the body; undue susceptibility to the influence of stimuli.
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  • noun. an irritable petulant feeling
  • noun. excessive sensitivity of an organ or body part
  • noun. a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger
    • Word Usage
    "I am so tired I can hardly keep my eyes open, and the irritability is astounding."
    cross-reference
    chemical irritability  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    reactivity  responsiveness  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    ability  acceptability  adaptability  admissibility  affordability  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    agitation  debility  depression  despondency  dizziness  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    contractility  fretfulness  petulance  
    variant
    irritation  
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