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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for irritability
Noun
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The paper said that the text did not contain clear security guarantees for Ukraine against Russian aggression, which have been priorities for Kyiv in a deal to end the war started by Putin.—
John Feng,
Newsweek,
26 Feb. 2025
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The drills around Taiwan are only the latest example of Chinese aggression this month.—
Anders Hagstrom,
Fox News,
26 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Even the mere thought of it can evoke strong emotions like fear, anger and anxiety.—
Ujjwal Ramtekkar,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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Ellen’s decision to end her husband’s life was not an act of anger or violence.—
Tony Ray,
Orlando Sentinel,
27 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Imagine living within the confines of four walls mostly in silence because of brain fog and sound sensitivity.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Feb. 2025
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Now, researchers at OHSU have developed a blood test that can identify early-stage pancreatic cancer with high sensitivity and specificity.—
Michael Irving,
New Atlas,
23 Feb. 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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Police said Mangione was in possession of a firearm matching the one used in the shooting, a fake ID and a notebook expressing hostility toward the health insurance industry and wealthy executives.—
Katherine Fung,
Newsweek,
21 Feb. 2025
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The stakes for Thursday's game were raised amid physical hostility between the teams throughout the tournament and geopolitical tension between the two countries in recent weeks.—
Jackson Thompson,
Fox News,
21 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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There was a pervasive sense of indignation from current and former European officials, who have funneled significant aid to Ukraine and are deeply worried about how a ceasefire deal could impact the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) eastern edge.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
15 Feb. 2025
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“Irritability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/irritability. Accessed 8 Mar. 2025.
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