irascible: Meaning and Definition of

i•ras•ci•ble

Pronunciation: (i-ras'u-bul), [key]
— adj.
  1. easily provoked to anger; very irritable: an irascible old man.
  2. characterized or produced by anger: an irascible response.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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