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Noun: irritability  ,i-ri-tu'bi-li-tee
  1. A disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger
    "his irritability was well known to all his employees";
    - temper, biliousness, peevishness, pettishness, snappishness, surliness, snappiness
     
  2. A state of irritable anxiety or complaint
    "The baby's irritability indicated it was time for a nap";
    - crossness, fretfulness, fussiness, peevishness, petulance, choler
     
  3. Excessive sensitivity of an organ or body part
    "Caffeine increased his irritability to noise";
    - excitability

Derived forms: irritabilities

Type of: distemper, ill humor [US], ill humour [Brit, Cdn], ill nature, reactivity, responsiveness

Encyclopedia: Irritability