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Meanings of irascible in English
Quickly aroused to anger.
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Usage of irascible in English
1
In like manner there are three groups in the irascible faculty; viz.
2
But fear is not in the concupiscible, but in the irascible part.
3
She had in her veins the irascible blood of the common people.
4
Therefore there is an irascible and a concupiscible appetite in the angels.
5
Similarly, fortitude regulates daring and fear, which reside in the irascible part.
6
Now observation pertains not to the irascible but to the rational faculty.
7
In this way, therefore, the irascible and concupiscible are subject to reason.
8
We are cooped up with no end in sight, getting increasingly irascible.
9
His arguments offended the nobleman thus addressed, who was vain and irascible.
10
But how would irascible Yahweh measure up to these other lofty visions?
11
By contrast Donald Trump is an irascible egomaniac, uninterested in the world.
12
They say now that I am cruel and irascible; but to whom?
13
But he was possessed of an irascible temper, and was naturally disputatious.
14
This was, in fact, a provoking task, especially for an irascible man.
15
She was proud, irascible, and overbearing, while he was meek and gentle.
16
County Coroner Michael Cipliano, fifty-three years old, an irascible and weatherworn veteran.
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Irascible across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common