irritable

Questions about irritable

What does irritable mean?

irritable means "easily irritated or annoyed". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in irritable?

irritable has 4 syllables: ir-ri-ta-ble. The stress falls on "ir". In IPA it is /ˈɪɹətəbəl/.

What is another word for irritable?

Close synonyms include cranky, fractious, nettlesome, peevish, peckish. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is irritable a common word?

irritable is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.