mindmap root((易怒)) irascible implies a tendency to be angered on slight provocation: the boys got a rise out of the ~ old man. choleric may suggest impatient excitability and unreasonableness in addition to an irritable frame of mind: a ~ invalid who tried the nurses' patience. splenetic suggests moroseness, and a bad rather than a hot temper: the ~ type that harbored a grudge. testy suggests irascibility over small annoyances: everyone grew ~ under the emotional strain. touchy implies readiness to take offence and undue irritability or sensitiveness: ~ about references to her weight. cranky suggests a habitual fretful irritability with those who fail to conform to one's set notions, fixed ideas, or unvarying standards: ~ neighbors much given to complaining. cross suggests a temporary irascibility or grumpy irritability as from disappointment or discomfort: a squabble that left her feeling ~ all day.