Antonyms for irascibility
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : ih-ras-uh-buhl |
Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈræs ə bəl |
Definition of irascibility
Origin :- 1750, from irascible + -ity.
- noun temper
- I have my moments of irascibility, for which I am heartily ashamed.
- Extract from : « The Gold Girl » by James B. Hendryx
- His character was strongly marked by pride, irascibility, and malevolence.
- Extract from : « Observations on Madness and Melancholy » by John Haslam
- Unfortunately, my son's irascibility of temper drove him away.
- Extract from : « The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence » by Eugne Sue
- His vocation had induced an irascibility of temper which took the form of silence.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Foss River Ranch » by Ridgwell Cullum
- Yet you gave me the impression of irascibility just now, when I drew you.
- Extract from : « The Devil's Garden » by W. B. Maxwell
- They are filled with irritation and irascibility on this subject.
- Extract from : « New Tabernacle Sermons » by Thomas De Witt Talmage
- His irascibility increased with his determination to fight it out alone.
- Extract from : « From the Housetops » by George Barr McCutcheon
- Although her eyes were closed, her face gave the impression of weariness, irascibility, and habitual suffering.
- Extract from : « A Russian Proprietor » by Lyof N. Tolstoi
- There is in him an irascibility of temper, accompanied by a facility of invective, which is seldom met with.
- Extract from : « Humorous Ghost Stories » by Dorothy Scarborough
- The irascibility of Pope too strongly authenticated one of the three authors.
- Extract from : « Calamities and Quarrels of Authors » by Isaac Disraeli
Synonyms for irascibility
- acerbity
- anger
- annoyance
- bad humor
- cantankerousness
- crossness
- dander
- excitability
- fit
- fretfulness
- furor
- fury
- grouchiness
- heat
- hotheadedness
- huffiness
- ill-humor
- impatience
- irascibleness
- ire
- irritability
- irritation
- low boiling point
- miff
- outburst
- passion
- peevishness
- petulance
- pugnacity
- rage
- resentment
- sensitivity
- short fuse
- slow burn
- snit
- sourness
- spleen
- stew
- sullenness
- surliness
- tantrum
- tartness
- tear
- temperament
- tetchiness
- tiff
- tizzy
- touchiness
- wax
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