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Meanings of irascibility in English

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irascibilitat

A feeling of resentful anger.

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        Usage of irascibility in English
        1
        Solicitor-General Hagerman spoke in a similar strain, but with less of irascibility.
        The Story of the Upper Canadian Rebellion, Volume 1
        2
        Her eyes became stiff and large in her detest of his irascibility.
        Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America
        3
        He conceived of no temptation to his repressed irascibility save the political.
        The Tragic Comedians: A Study in a Well-known Story — Volume 3
        4
        Bryant's irascibility had prevented him from growing close to many people.
        The water room
        5
        At any rate, his silent antagonism burst out in an explosion of irascibility.
        Out of the Primitive
        6
        His irascibility increased with his determination to fight it out alone.
        From the Housetops
        7
        He suddenly collected his energies and spoke with his usual irascibility.
        The Bars of Iron
        8
        Shields was a man of inordinate vanity and a corresponding irascibility.
        Abraham Lincoln: a History — Volume 01
        9
        His vocation had induced an irascibility of temper which took the form of silence.
        The Story of the Foss River Ranch: A Tale of the Northwest
        10
        The ancients considered the bile to be the "humor" which caused irascibility.
        The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary: Section A and B
        11
        They are filled with irritation and irascibility on this subject.
        New Tabernacle Sermons
        12
        It was this constant urging, coupled with irascibility and energy, for three long hours.
        Sister Carrie: A Novel
        13
        At any rate, a sudden irascibility broke out among them.
        Angel Island
        14
        I exclaimed, with more irascibility than I intended to show.
        A Fool and His Money
        15
        His personal faults were irascibility, egotism, stubbornness, vindictiveness, and intolerance of the opinions of others.
        The Reign of Andrew Jackson: A Chronicle of the Frontier in Poli...
        16
        There were moments of irascibility and moods of irritation.
        In Flanders Fields, and Other Poems
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