1. Qui s'irrite, s'énerve facilement. Vieillard irritable.
2. (Médecine) Susceptible d'irritation, de contraction, d'excitation.
ETYM From Edge.
Being in a tense state; easily upset; SYN. high-strung, in suspense, jittery, jumpy, nervous, nervy, overstrung, restive, uptight.
ETYM Latin irritabilis: cf. French irritable. Related to Irritate.
(Pathology) Abnormally sensitive to a stimulus.
Anxious; irritable.
Fretful; peevish; easily irritated.
1. Resembling a wasp in form; having a slender waist, like a wasp.
2. Quick to resent a trifling affront; characterized by snappishness; irritable; irascible; petulant; snappish.