Know Your Next Word : irascible
7. irascible :
adjective :
1. Quick-tempered
2. Showing anger or resulting from anger
Usage :
Mr. Weir concludes from his large experience that the erection of the feathers is caused much more by anger than by fear. He gives as an instance a hybrid goldfinch of a most irascible disposition which when approached too closely by a servant, instantly assumes the appearance of a ball of ruffled feathers.( Charles Darwin : The expression of Emotions in Man and Animals : 1872.)
Related Forms :
irascibility & irascibleness : noun
irascibly : adverb
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