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Meanings of irascible in anglès

Quickly aroused to anger.

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      1
      In like manner there are three groups in the irascible faculty; viz.
      Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) / From the Com...
      2
      But fear is not in the concupiscible, but in the irascible part.
      Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) / From the Com...
      3
      She had in her veins the irascible blood of the common people.
      Yvette
      4
      Therefore there is an irascible and a concupiscible appetite in the angels.
      Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) / From the Complete Americ...
      5
      Similarly, fortitude regulates daring and fear, which reside in the irascible part.
      Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) / From the Complete Americ...
      6
      Now observation pertains not to the irascible but to the rational faculty.
      Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) / Translated by ...
      7
      In this way, therefore, the irascible and concupiscible are subject to reason.
      Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) / From the Complete Americ...
      8
      We are cooped up with no end in sight, getting increasingly irascible.
      The Irish Times
      9
      His arguments offended the nobleman thus addressed, who was vain and irascible.
      The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Volume 08: 1563-64
      10
      But how would irascible Yahweh measure up to these other lofty visions?
      A history of god: the 4000-year quest of judaism, christianity, ...
      11
      By contrast Donald Trump is an irascible egomaniac, uninterested in the world.
      The Guardian
      12
      They say now that I am cruel and irascible; but to whom?
      A Short History of Russia
      13
      But he was possessed of an irascible temper, and was naturally disputatious.
      Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant — Volume 2
      14
      This was, in fact, a provoking task, especially for an irascible man.
      The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, V...
      15
      She was proud, irascible, and overbearing, while he was meek and gentle.
      Beacon Lights of History, Volume 07: Great Women
      16
      County Coroner Michael Cipliano, fifty-three years old, an irascible and weatherworn veteran.
      A quiet vendetta
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