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    irascible

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++i·ras·ci·ble /ɪˈræsəbəl/ adjective written  ANGRYeasily becoming angry 易怒的 SYN bad-tempered an irascible old man 一位脾气暴躁的老人
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    irascible• He dashed about her, solicitous but irascible.• He was recognised to be highly jealous and irascible.• an irascible actress• He was irascible, hard-cussing, for ever landing in trouble.• Alicia Silverstone plays an irascible rich girl who stages her own kidnapping to get attention from daddy.• This irascible trait naturally served to increase his enemies.    Origin irascible (1500-1600) French Late Latin irascibilis, from Latin ira; → IRE
    i·ras·ci·ble adjectiveChineseSyllable
    angry easily becoming Corpus


    irascible
    i‧ras‧ci‧ble /ɪˈræsəbəl, ɪˈræsɪbəl/ adjective written
     Date: 1500-1600
     Language: French
     Origin: Late Latin irascibilis, from Latin ira; ⇨ ire
    easily becoming angry
       SYN  bad-tempered:
        an irascible old man


    iras·cibleBrE /ɪˈræsəbl/ 🔊NAmE /ɪˈræsəbl/ 🔊 adjective (formal) becoming angry very easily 易怒的；暴躁的 SYN irritable ▸ iras·ci·bil·ity BrE /ɪˌræsəˈbɪləti/ 🔊NAmE /ɪˌræsəˈbɪləti/ 🔊 noun [uncountable]