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the librarian's well-known irritability makes students hesitant to ask questions
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The irritability or walking into a room only to forget why seconds later.
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Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
Justice notes these preoccupations often impact our wellness in subtle and overlooked ways that can add up to significant harm like sleep disturbance, irritability, uncontrolled worry, ruminating about the ‘what ifs,’ exhaustion, burnout, and over-functioning.
—Essence, 27 Aug. 2025
Symptoms such as difficulty concentrating, insomnia, irritability, and social withdrawal are becoming common, threatening their mental health and ability to learn.
—Katya Soldak, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Insomnia involves difficulty falling asleep, waking up during the night, lying awake at night and waking up too early—all of which come with daytime symptoms of tiredness and irritability too.
—Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025
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Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
Justice notes these preoccupations often impact our wellness in subtle and overlooked ways that can add up to significant harm like sleep disturbance, irritability, uncontrolled worry, ruminating about the ‘what ifs,’ exhaustion, burnout, and over-functioning.
—Essence, 27 Aug. 2025
Symptoms such as difficulty concentrating, insomnia, irritability, and social withdrawal are becoming common, threatening their mental health and ability to learn.
—Katya Soldak, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Insomnia involves difficulty falling asleep, waking up during the night, lying awake at night and waking up too early—all of which come with daytime symptoms of tiredness and irritability too.
—Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for irritability
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“Irritability.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/irritability. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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irritability
noun
ir·ri·ta·bil·i·ty
ˌir-ət-ə-ˈbil-ət-ē 
plural irritabilities
1
: the quality or state of being irritable
especially
: readiness to become annoyed or angry
2
: the property of living tissue and living things that permits them to react to stimuli
Medical Definition
irritability
noun
ir·ri·ta·bil·i·ty
ˌir-ət-ə-ˈbil-ət-ē
plural irritabilities
1
: the property of protoplasm and of living organisms that permits them to react to stimuli
2
a
: quick excitability to annoyance, impatience, or anger
b
: abnormal or excessive excitability of an organ or part of the body (as the stomach or bladder)
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