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    Synonyms and Antonyms of irritable

    easily irritated or annoyed
    • that irritable old man always yells at people to stay off of his lawn
    Synonyms of irritable

    choleric, crabby, cranky, cross, crotchety, fiery, grouchy, grumpy, irascible, peevish, perverse, pettish, petulant, prickly, quick-tempered, raspy, ratty, short-tempered, snappish, snappy, snarky, snippety, snippy, stuffy, testy, waspish

    Words Related to irritable

    bearish, bilious, cantankerous, cross-grained, curmudgeonly, disagreeable, dyspeptic, ill-humored, ill-natured, ill-tempered, off-color (or off-colored), ornery, querulous, snarly, surly

    argumentative, bellicose, belligerent, combative, contentious, disputatious, fractious, fretful, pugnacious, quarrelsome, scrappy, truculent

    huffy, pouty, sensitive, short, sulky, sullen, tetchy, thin-skinned, touchy

    hot-blooded, passionate

    Phrases Synonymous with irritable

    out of humor, out of sorts

    Near Antonyms of irritable

    affable, companionable, cordial, extroverted (also extraverted), friendly, genial, gregarious, outgoing, sociable

    agreeable, amiable, good-natured, good-tempered, sweet, well-disposed

    carefree, easygoing, happy-go-lucky, relaxed

    forbearing, long-suffering, obliging, patient, stoic (or stoical), tolerant, uncomplaining, understanding

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