as in irritableness
readiness to show annoyance or impatience
the librarian's well-known irritability makes students hesitant to ask questions
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Recent Examples of irritability
Dehydration can worsen feelings of anxiety and irritability.
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Melina Khan, USA Today, 26 June 2025
Common issues include sleep problems, appetite loss, irritability, and mood swings.
—Sarah Jividen, Verywell Health, 26 June 2025
Going undiagnosed with sleep apnea doesn’t just mean dealing with more fatigue, irritability, and restless nights (though that’s reason enough, in our book, to seek out care).
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 25 June 2025
Mood changes like anxiety or irritability may appear.
—Nawab John Dar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 June 2025
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Melina Khan, USA Today, 26 June 2025
Common issues include sleep problems, appetite loss, irritability, and mood swings.
—Sarah Jividen, Verywell Health, 26 June 2025
Going undiagnosed with sleep apnea doesn’t just mean dealing with more fatigue, irritability, and restless nights (though that’s reason enough, in our book, to seek out care).
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 25 June 2025
Mood changes like anxiety or irritability may appear.
—Nawab John Dar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for irritability
Noun
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Both cited trade deadline aggression from general manager Brian Cashman as their reason for picking the Yankees.—
Tim Crowley,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 July 2025
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Gone is the bulky cladding, revealing the raw aggression of the Wilbers chassis, boxer engine, and extra-long swingarm.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
15 July 2025
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Pressure to release more documents has built both from within Trump's base and from Democrats seizing on their anger.—
Mary Whitfill Roeloffs,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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Several hundred people turned out at the state Capitol with creative signs and chanting to express their anger at Trump and his policies.—
Stephanie Murray,
AZCentral.com,
17 July 2025
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The recall affects all lot codes of the product, which could pose a serious health risk to individuals with milk allergies or sensitivities.—
Daniel Orton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 July 2025
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The name changes have sparked lively debate of fairness and sensitivity well beyond sports fans.—
Doug Melville,
Forbes.com,
30 July 2025
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Schwartzman pours all of the requisite bitterness and petulance into Ash, including a few very funny tantrums.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
12 June 2025
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For all his bombast online, for instance, Marcus has said that today’s chatbots are a legitimate breakthrough, just far from the breakthrough; for all of Altman’s petulance, OpenAI’s latest large reasoning models rely on new approaches not so dissimilar from Marcus’s own, decades-old ideas.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
8 July 2025
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Without an end to hostilities, no humanitarian corridor can function safely, Palestinian civilians cannot be reached at scale and the hostages will not return home.—
David Miliband,
Time,
29 July 2025
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The largest synagogue in Judaism’s Reconstructionist movement is moving to cut ties with its denominational body over what its leaders describe as a failure to confront hostility to Israel among affiliated rabbis and rabbinical students.—
Asaf Elia-Shalev,
Sun Sentinel,
28 July 2025
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At the heart of Nugent’s indignation was the 2021 sting operation that entangled him and three other landowners in a legal battle with the DNR.—
Dac Collins,
Outdoor Life,
30 July 2025
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That indignation, those headlines, the praise for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s bravery and leadership cooling dramatically since those early days–in Europe and America.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2025
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“Irritability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/irritability. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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