as in irritable
easily irritated or annoyed
forced to endure a memorably irascible boss on her first job after college
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Recent Examples of irascible
Julia is playing a version of herself that is more irascible.
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Thr Staff, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2025
Eventually, Kaplan, now 80, and co-creator Alan Sacks decided that Kaplan should play a former student who returns to his high school as a teacher, who’s now in charge of a remedial class of irascible teens.
—Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2025
Nothing adds depth to an irascible curmudgeon quite like an irrational love of pets that do not love you back.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2025
Where to watch: Netflix 'Madea's Destination Wedding' (July 11)
Tyler Perry writes, directs and reprises his signature role in the comedy as the elderly and irascible Madea.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 13 May 2025
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Thr Staff, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2025
Eventually, Kaplan, now 80, and co-creator Alan Sacks decided that Kaplan should play a former student who returns to his high school as a teacher, who’s now in charge of a remedial class of irascible teens.
—Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2025
Nothing adds depth to an irascible curmudgeon quite like an irrational love of pets that do not love you back.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2025
Where to watch: Netflix 'Madea's Destination Wedding' (July 11)
Tyler Perry writes, directs and reprises his signature role in the comedy as the elderly and irascible Madea.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 13 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for irascible
Recent Examples of Synonyms for irascible
Adjective
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However, such symptoms are hard to attribute to vaccines because infants can be irritable or fussy regardless of vaccination.—
Aria Bendix,
NBC news,
19 Sep. 2025
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When the caffeine wears off, children may have a headache and feel irritable or tired.—
Dr. Mark Corkins,
Boston Herald,
14 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The path burrows into a kaleidoscope display formed by willows, boxelders, velvet ash and the fiery scarlet of bigtooth maples.—
Roger Naylor,
AZCentral.com,
10 Oct. 2025
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The explosion was the latest fiery mishap SpaceX's Starship has encountered during – and, now, before – its flight tests in 2025.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Irascible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/irascible. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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