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
Professionals must recognize early signs of overwork, such as fatigue or irritability, as crucial data to prevent burnout.
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Sho Dewan,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
Such symptoms can include irritability, anxiety, mood swings and insomnia.
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Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
23 June 2026
Severe symptoms include crying without tears, extreme irritability, fewer wet diapers, vomiting or diarrhoea, and sunken eyes or forehead.
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Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
23 June 2026
The symptoms often look different in dads—anger or sudden outbursts, irritability and substance misuse, for example.
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Tanya Lewis,
Scientific American,
21 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for irritability
Sho Dewan,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
Such symptoms can include irritability, anxiety, mood swings and insomnia.
—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
23 June 2026
Severe symptoms include crying without tears, extreme irritability, fewer wet diapers, vomiting or diarrhoea, and sunken eyes or forehead.
—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
23 June 2026
The symptoms often look different in dads—anger or sudden outbursts, irritability and substance misuse, for example.
—
Tanya Lewis,
Scientific American,
21 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for irritability
Recent Examples of Synonyms for irritability
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Ukraine has every right to attack Russia’s military infrastructure that sustains its aggression.
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Issues could include insomnia, aggression, difficulty concentrating, sensitivity to psychotropic medication and exacerbation of existing mental illness -- like anxiety, depression and schizophrenia.
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Dillon Thieneman’s speed Since draft night in April, Thieneman has been lauded for his combination of speed, instincts and aggressiveness.
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This is a lineup structured to thrive with a small-ball approach — high batting average, chaos and aggressiveness on the basepaths, and manufacturing runs.
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Winters prioritized strategic logic over acknowledging the profound emotional impact on his workforce, fostering fear and anger.
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Thousands of demonstrators massed across South African cities, venting anger at undocumented foreign nationals.
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How to handle it A lot of Virgo’s crankiness can be soothed with helping them get organized and practice self-compassion.
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Bumping into someone wasn’t met with frustration, but with a grin and a comment about the Knicks, as if the entire city had agreed to give each other a pass from the stereotypical crankiness for one single night.
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Issues could include insomnia, aggression, difficulty concentrating, sensitivity to psychotropic medication and exacerbation of existing mental illness -- like anxiety, depression and schizophrenia.
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The initial test flights showed that the aircraft handled better than expected despite the pitch sensitivity.
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Vince Gilligan moved to Apple and returned to his X-Files roots for the sci-fi horror dramatic comedy Pluribus, which used its ultra-mysterious and yet ultra-familiar genre trappings for a droll meditation on the eternal clash between collective joy and individual grouchiness.
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Emily is also struggling with Annabelle, who has inherited her mom’s attitude and the grouchiness of any adolescent forced to grow up with an Evolution Media camera crew in her home.
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Such petulance does not merit responsible high public office.
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In fact, Mount’s petulance was a way to distract the referee from Fernandes’s antics and take a late yellow card on his captain’s behalf.
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Engelbert has consistently mismanaged the overt physical hostility directed at the league's biggest star.
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Today, however, some experts suggest that explicit displays of racial hostility have become more visible in public spaces.
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“Irritability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/irritability. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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