irascible
adjective
[ ɪˈrasɪb(ə)l ]
• having or showing a tendency to be easily angered.
• "an irascible and difficult man"
Similar:
irritable,
quick-tempered,
short-tempered,
bad-tempered,
ill-tempered,
hot-tempered,
thin-skinned,
snappy,
snappish,
tetchy,
testy,
touchy,
edgy,
crabby,
waspish,
dyspeptic,
surly,
cross,
crusty,
crabbed,
grouchy,
crotchety,
cantankerous,
curmudgeonly,
ill-natured,
ill-humoured,
peevish,
querulous,
captious,
fractious,
bilious,
narky,
prickly,
ratty,
hot under the collar,
iracund,
iracundulous,
Origin:
late Middle English: via French from late Latin irascibilis, from Latin irasci ‘grow angry’, from ira ‘anger’.
