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irascible

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1. irascible - Adjective

2. irascible - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Prone to anger; easily provoked or inflamed to anger; choleric; irritable; as, an irascible man; an irascible temper or mood.

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a choleric outburst Source: Internet

an irascible response Source: Internet

a hotheaded commander Source: Internet

As a man he was upright, vigorous and energetic, if somewhat irascible. Source: Internet

By contrast, arias in opera buffa (comic opera) were often specific in character to the nature of the character being portrayed (for example the cheeky servant-girl or the irascible elderly suitor or guardian). Source: Internet

It was Jerry Pournelle with an idea for a funny, frank (and sometimes irascible) series of articles to be presented in BYTE on a semi-regular (i. Source: Internet

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