irascibleness
Definition
Noun: irascibleness refers to the quality or state of being easily provoked to anger; a tendency to become irritable or angry quickly.
Usage Examples
- (His tendency to get angry easily discouraged feedback.)
- (His quick temper was a local trait.)
- (She attempted to manage her irritable temper.)
Advanced Usage
"a display of irascibleness": an outburst or visible expression of quick anger.
- The sudden display of irascibleness surprised everyone at the dinner table. (He showed unexpected anger.)
"to overcome one's irascibleness": to successfully manage or reduce one’s tendency to anger.
- Through meditation, he learned to overcome his irascibleness. (He reduced his irritability.)
Variants and Related Words
- Irascible (adj): easily angered; irritable.
- An irascible boss is hard to work for. (A boss who gets angry quickly.)
- Irascibly (adv): in an easily angered manner.
- He responded irascibly to the question. (He answered with irritation.)
Synonyms
- Irritability: the state of being easily annoyed.
- Quick temper: a tendency to anger swiftly.
- Testiness: the quality of being easily irritated or impatient.
Related Idioms
- Fly off the handle: to lose one’s temper suddenly.
- He flies off the handle at the slightest provocation, a clear sign of irascibleness. (He becomes angry quickly.)
- Have a short fuse: to be very quick to anger.
- Her short fuse is a symptom of her irascibleness. (She gets angry easily.)