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IRRITABILITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger
Example:
his temper was well known to all his employees
Synonyms:
biliousness; irritability; peevishness; pettishness; snappishness; surliness; temper
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("irritability" is a kind of...):
ill nature (a disagreeable, irritable, or malevolent disposition)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "irritability"):
querulousness (the quality of being given to complaining)
Derivation:
irritable (easily irritated or annoyed)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Excessive sensitivity of an organ or body part
Synonyms:
excitability; irritability
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("irritability" is a kind of...):
reactivity; responsiveness (responsive to stimulation)
Derivation:
irritable (abnormally sensitive to a stimulus)
Sense 3
Meaning:
An irritable petulant feeling
Synonyms:
choler; crossness; fretfulness; fussiness; irritability; peevishness; petulance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Hypernyms ("irritability" is a kind of...):
distemper; ill humor; ill humour (an angry and disagreeable mood)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "irritability"):
testiness; tetchiness; touchiness (feeling easily irritated)
pet (a fit of petulance or sulkiness (especially at what is felt to be a slight))
Derivation:
irritable (easily irritated or annoyed)
Context examples:
Irritability is one of the most common symptoms in children.
(Celiac Disease, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
The researchers found that, months after treatment, nine children (roughly 6 percent) had thoughts of suicide and experienced outbursts of anger and rage, depression, irritability and anxiety.
(Children with Cushing syndrome may have higher suicide risk, NIH)
A disorder characterized by a state of restlessness associated with unpleasant feelings of irritability and tension.
(Agitation, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)
A state of restlessness associated with unpleasant feelings of irritability and tension.
(Agitation, NCI Thesaurus)
Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HAMA) Anxious mood; worries, anticipation of the worst, fearful anticipation, irritability.
(HAMA - Anxious Mood, NCI Thesaurus)
Clinical features may include nicotine craving, irritability, anxiety, depression and increased appetite.
(Nicotine Withdrawal, NCI Thesaurus)
Their irritability arose out of their misery, increased with it, doubled upon it, outdistanced it.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
Perpetual fretting at length threw Madame Moritz into a decline, which at first increased her irritability, but she is now at peace for ever.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
Signs and symptoms include irritability, mental and motor developmental disturbances, muscle weakness, seizures, blindness, and deafness.
(Krabbe Disease, NCI Thesaurus)
Clinical signs vary depending on the substance that was abused and may include irritability, trembling and vomiting.
(Abstinence Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)
