Adjective irascible has 2 senses
  1. choleric, irascible, hotheaded, hot-tempered, quick-tempered, short, short-tempered - quickly aroused to anger; "a hotheaded commander"
    Antonym: good-natured (indirect, via ill-natured)
  2. choleric, irascible - characterized by anger; "a choleric outburst"; "an irascible response"
    Antonym: unangry (indirect, via angry)
,
TOP