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
Restlessness or irritability when trying to cut down or stop gambling.
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Kiki Intarasuwan, CBS News, 17 Feb. 2025
Early signs of low sodium include headaches, fatigue, irritability, confusion, and restlessness.7
15.
—Melissa Nieves, Verywell Health, 13 Feb. 2025
Additional signs include irritability, fatigue, anxiety, and health problems.
—Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
Infants may show different signs such as poor feeding, irritability, bulging of the soft spot on their head or lethargy.
—Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2025
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Kiki Intarasuwan, CBS News, 17 Feb. 2025
Early signs of low sodium include headaches, fatigue, irritability, confusion, and restlessness.7
15.
—Melissa Nieves, Verywell Health, 13 Feb. 2025
Additional signs include irritability, fatigue, anxiety, and health problems.
—Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
Infants may show different signs such as poor feeding, irritability, bulging of the soft spot on their head or lethargy.
—Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for irritability
Recent Examples of Synonyms for irritability
Noun
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Ukraine wants a clear security guarantee to deter Russian aggression down the line, but the U.S. wants to discuss that later.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
11 Mar. 2025
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Charles has been demonstrative in his support for Ukraine defending itself against Russian aggression, issuing statements and making regular visits to relief organizations that help refugees from the war, as the New York Times pointed out.—
Martha Ross,
The Mercury News,
10 Mar. 2025
Noun
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President Donald Trump has reacted with anger after Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced a new 25 percent surcharge on electricity exports to the United States, in response to a wave of tariffs on Canadian goods.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
11 Mar. 2025
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Customers have been loudly expressing their frustration and anger.—
Forrester,
Forbes,
10 Mar. 2025
Noun
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It’s gotten to a point where this LeBron sensitivity is beyond the pale.—
Marc Griffin,
VIBE.com,
7 Mar. 2025
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Americans abroad may be less welcome and should practice cultural sensitivity.—
Christopher Reynolds,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Mar. 2025
Noun
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There was one flare-up of petulance with 6:53 left in the game.—
Edward Lee,
Baltimore Sun,
27 Feb. 2025
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Between Dave’s whiny petulance, Edna’s glum watchfulness and their performative mwah-mwah kisses, this couple is a walking talking warning sign.—
Sheri Linden,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Sep. 2019
Noun
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The Russian foreign policy establishment always speculated that Europe would be most likely to eventually seek rapprochement with Moscow, while U.S. hostility to Russia was thought to be hard-wired.—
Fred Weir,
The Christian Science Monitor,
5 Mar. 2025
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Constantine says that talking about solar’s benefits—whether that’s through creating jobs, reducing blackouts, or pushing electricity prices down—is the key to overcoming hostility.—
Kate Yoder,
WIRED,
1 Mar. 2025
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Vance’s speech spurred the Europeans to unite in their indignation.—
Simon Shuster/Berlin,
TIME,
22 Feb. 2025
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If Jude’s previous two fiction films were Molotov cocktails of indignation, his latest secretes a kind of scentless poison that gets at the banality with which social injustices are processed and rationalized.—
Beatrice Loayza,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2025
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“Irritability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/irritability. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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