irritability
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4.2
- noun
- /ˌɪrɪtəˈbɪləti/
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irritabilidad
- The child's irritability was obvious when he was hungry or tired.
- irritability and anxiety
- irritability and depression
- irritability and fatigue
When we think narcissism, we think anger, rage, irritability, short fuse.
- When we think narcissism, we think anger, rage, irritability, short fuse.
- These things, including irritability, may not just be your lot in life.
- Some people are temperamentally, Thomas thinks, more prone to irritability.
- It's like this applies here to this forgetting, this slide into smallness, this irritability and shame, this disorienting grief.
- Anxiety or irritability is worry that doesn't know it's own cause.
- Depressed, anxious, loss of focus, irritability for days afterwards.
- So that's was an irritability too as well.
- Where it gets tricky is when you it was when you express this irritability to the narcissist.
- The changes in heart rate, brittle, weak bones, difficulties sleeping, irritability and anxiety, increased thirst, headaches, bloating, reduce sex drive.
Examples
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Frequent irritability can be a sign of stress or anxiety in adults.
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This is a virtue that keeps us from giving in to our irritability, our anger.
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Trace the expression of identified traits such as irritability at various ages.
Academic text (1998) -
Systemic symptoms such as fever, pain, and irritability are not common.
Academic text (2005) -
Some children are easily overwhelmed by stimulation; some show powerful tendencies toward irritability and frustration.
Academic text (1998) -
Yet for some new mothers, feelings of sadness, irritability, fatigue, and worthlessness can overwhelm them in the postpartum period.
Academic text (2007) -
Gina had all the symptoms: sleep disturbances, hot flashes, irritability, weight gain, loss of libido, aching joints, and heart palpitations.
Fiction book (1998) -
Burnout is characterized by emotional fatigue, disengagement, irritability, and apathy resulting from the work environment (Haddad, 1998).
Academic text (2005) -
His irritability increased after he hadn't slept well for several days.
Synonyms
237
3.6
A sudden short burst of anger
27
3.6
A feeling of annoyance or anger
26
2.8
The feeling you have when something bothers you
5
9.0
Being easily annoyed and acting childish
3
6.0
Being easily annoyed and acting in odd, fussy ways
3
4.1
A feeling of being easily annoyed
1
7.3
A feeling of being easily annoyed and quick to lose patience
1
9.9
A sudden strong feeling of anger that makes you speak or act harshly
1
7.7
A way of behaving that is angry and unfriendly
1
7.3
A tendency to become easily annoyed and impatient
1
6.0
A feeling of nervousness and tension that makes you easily annoyed
1
9.9
A tendency to be easily annoyed and hard to control
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8.5
A habit of giving short, angry answers when annoyed
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4.0
A state of being easily annoyed and in a bad mood
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5.5
A mood of being easily annoyed and bad-tempered
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8.1
Being slightly angry or annoyed
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9.3
A tendency to become angry quickly
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5.7
A state of being easily upset or hard to please
A tendency to become easily annoyed and show anger
Being easily annoyed and angry about small things in a childish way
A feeling of being nervous, annoyed, or easily upset
A tendency to become angry easily
A habit of being bad-tempered and hard to get along with
Antonyms
How Irritable
Surface Forms
Morphology
irritability = irritable (transparent) = irrit + ity
Formed by a standard nominalization of the adjective 'irritable' using '-ity', yielding the quality of being easily annoyed.
Etymology
Irritability comes from the same root as irritate and the Latin irritare, which meant 'to annoy'. So, someone with irritability is quick to feel annoyed or upset.