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   Ir·ri·ta·ble

   /ˈirədəb(ə)l/

   

   adjective

   • 1. having or showing a tendency to be easily annoyed or made angry: "she was tired and irritable"
   • ▪ (of a bodily part or organ) abnormally sensitive.
   • ▪ (of a condition) caused by abnormal sensitivity.
   • ▪ (of a living organism) having the property of responding actively to physical stimuli.

   Word Origin mid 17th century: from Latin irritabilis, from the verb irritare (see irritate).

   Derivatives

   • 1. irritably adverb

   Scrabble Points: 11

   • I

     1

   • R

     1

   • R

     1

   • I

     1

   • T

     1

   • A

     1

   • B

     3

   • L

     1

   • E

     1

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