Synonyms for irritability
Most common
petulance fussiness fretfulness crossness temper peevishness
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Petulance — the state or quality of being irritable; quick excitability
petulance, fussiness, fretfulness, crossness, irascibility, choler
2. Temper
temper, peevishness, snappishness, surliness, biliousness, pettishness
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
The state or quality of being irritable; quick excitability.
- n. 2
A natural susceptibility, characteristic of all living organisms, tissues, and cells, to the influence of certain stimuli, response being manifested in a variety of ways.
Forms
- Plural
- irritabilities → petulances, fussinesses, fretfulnesses, crossnesses…
Example sentences
- temper There's no need to get so angry. Keep your temper.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| irritability | rising | |
| petulance | rising | |
| fussiness | rising | |
| crossness | rising | |
| fretfulness | rising | |
| temper | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- temper2, choler
- 9 letters
- petulance3, fussiness, crossness, surliness, testiness
- 11 letters
- peevishness, fretfulness, biliousness, pettishness
- 12 letters
- excitability, irascibility, snappishness
- 14 letters
- susceptibility6
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (temper2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- irritabilité
- Español
- irritabilidad