adjective
easily aroused to anger
an irascible fellow and hard to get along with
Synonyms: choleric, cranky, cross, hot-tempered, ireful, passionate, peppery, quick-tempered, ratty, ||stomachy, temperish, testy, tetchy, touchy; compare cantankerous , irritable
Related Word: fractious, huffy, irritable, peevish, petulant, querulous, snappish, waspish; impatient, jittery, jumpy, nervous, restive; bristly, crabbed, surly
Contrasted words: amiable, complaisant, good-natured, obliging; calm, quiet, relaxed; long-suffering, patient, tolerant