Irritable

a.	1.
	1.	Capable of being irritated.
	2.	Very susceptible of anger or passion; easily inflamed or exasperated; as, an irritable temper. Vicious, old, and irritable. - Tennyson.
	3.	(Physiol.) Endowed with irritability; susceptible of irritation; capable of being excited to action by the application of certain stimuli.
	4.	(Med.) Susceptible of irritation; unduly sensitive to irritants or stimuli. See Irritation, n., 3.

Adj.	1.	irritable - easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen" Synonyms: peevish, pettish, petulant, techy, testy, tetchy, cranky, fractious, nettlesome, peckish
	2.	irritable - abnormally sensitive to a stimulus
	3.	irritable - capable of responding to stimuli Synonyms: excitable

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