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irritableness



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He felt no anger at the denunciation, only a plaguing irritableness, an annoyance with both Harding and himself.

From Skin Game by Charles E. Fritch

He must be free from ill passion and irritableness.

From The Gospel Day Or, the Light of Christianity by Charles Ebert Orr

Great singularity of conduct habitually displayed, periods of depression, irritableness, and nervousness, when crossed with similar characteristics in the other parent, or other unusual ones, not infrequently develop into actual insanity in succeeding generations.

From Insanity Its Causes and Prevention by Henry Putnam Stearns

Miriam had spent a day or two of alternate languor and irritableness, unable to attend to anything serious.

From The Emancipated by George Gissing

When he returned he went about his ordinary occupations; he was seemingly not in his usual health, but the constant irritableness had left him.

From Demos by George Gissing




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