irritable

Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

anger
angerHe vented his anger by kicking the door.
annoyanceSmoke can cause annoyance by making clothes and hair smell unpleasant.
irritationShe expressed irritation with her son's attitude.
frustrationA lot of children's behaviour problems are caused by sheer frustration.
furyThe speech provoked fury in some parts of the world.
rageHe was filled with jealous rage when he saw his girlfriend talking to another man.
We have all experienced the irritability that comes from missing breakfast.
Coffee can decrease concentration and increase irritability.
Instead of calming you down, alcohol enhances irritability.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Bad-tempered
argumentative
bad-tempered
be hell on wheelsidiom
be like a bear with a sore headidiom
be spoiling for a fightidiom
grouchiness
grouchy
grumpily
grumpiness
grumpy
pettishly
petulance
petulancy
petulant
petulantly
surlily
surliness
testily
testiness
testy

Examples of irritability

irritability
Few women took advantage of the opportunity to report additional symptoms-breast pains, buzzing in ears, tingling of extremities and irritability were mentioned.
Is there progression from irritability/dyscontrol to major depressive and manic symptoms?
The clinical symptoms on the evaluation of the rejection were irritability (60%), poor feeding (42%), fever (34%), cardiac heart failure (23%), arrhythmias (2.6%).
The following symptoms from the daily logbook were used in the computation of negative affect : irritability, aggressiveness, impulsiveness, sad/depressed, stressed out, and mood swings.
These associations were not overshadowed by other cognitive or social risk factors, or by other relevant child temperament traits such as proneness to irritability.
In 1980, symptoms were limited mainly to dreams, intrusive images, phobias, numbing, difficulty concentrating, irritability, and so on.
Thus, bipolar disorder in adolescence appears to be characterized by a mixed picture, with considerable depression, irritability, and attention problems.
Emotional uninvolvement, along with the helplessness, irritability, and hostility often associated with depression are likely to interfere with the parenting function.
Similarly, simultaneous irritability and reluctance is counterintuitive because irritability implies greater chance of action (in response to unpleasant things).
All living organisms exhibit the characteristic of irritability.
Also, many such individuals demonstrate increased irritability, intense and lasting anger, and a proclivity toward outbursts of temper.
Three weeks later, the patient developed irritability, fever and rash.
If moodlowering events cause unhappiness and reluctance but not irritability, this would explain why many depressed persons are not irritable.
Is a rhythm in irritability necessary to explain why people are usually irritable when woken?
At the behavioral level, both disorders are characterized by negative affectivity, irritability, and anhedonia.
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