irascibleness
NOUN
temper
Synonyms
WEAK
acerbity
anger
annoyance
bad humor
cantankerousness
crossness
dander
excitability
fit
fretfulness
furor
fury
grouchiness
heat
hotheadedness
huffiness
ill humor
impatience
irascibility
ire
irritability
irritation
low boiling point
miff
outburst
passion
peevishness
petulance
pugnacity
rage
resentment
sensitivity
short fuse
slow burn
snit
sourness
spleen
stew
sullenness
surliness
tantrum
tartness
tear
temperament
tetchiness
tiff
touchiness
wax
Example Sentences
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Her rheumatic foot ached, and that always affected her temper; but when they sat down to sew, the real cause of her irascibleness came out.
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