irritability

It also fueled his irritability and erratic behavior, she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026

“He constantly reacts as if he’s under attack, which triggers an irritability he can’t control and doesn’t even want to control,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

Dementia tends to be thought of mostly as a memory-loss disease, but there are many other aspects, including disorientation, difficulty balancing, poor coordination, trouble multitasking, confusion, wandering, apathy, irritability, impulsivity, poor judgment, and social inappropriateness.

From Slate ● Jan. 26, 2026

"When access is disrupted, some young people may initially experience irritability, restlessness, or a sense of social disconnection… not because the platform itself is essential, but because a familiar coping mechanism has been removed."

From BBC ● Jan. 9, 2026

It wasn't torpor that kept her—she was often restless to the point of irritability.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

Of course there are a good many of these things which disappear together with the body, such as the glooms, suspicions, and cloudy irritabilities, which are caused by fatigue and malaise, and by ill-health generally.

From The Child of the Dawn by Arthur Christopher Benson

And when they did talk, little unsuspected irritabilities began to gleam out.

From Missy by Dana Gatlin

His sudden access to wealth, far from allaying the irritabilities of his nature, had increased and exaggerated them all.

From Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience by Charles James Lever

It acquires irritabilities, and sensibilities with new organizations, as in wounded snails, polypi, moths, gnats, tadpoles.

From Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Erasmus Darwin

In this early formation of the embryon from the irritabilities, sensibilities, and associabilities, and consequent appetencies, the faculty of volition can scarcely be supposed to have had its birth.

From Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Erasmus Darwin