Irascibility

  • 121iersung — f ( e/ a) anger, readiness to anger, irascibility …

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  • 122éaðbylgnes — f ( se/ sa) irritability, readiness to anger, irascibility …

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  • 123anger — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. & v. See resentment.Ant., good nature, jollity. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. wrath, rage, fury, passion, choler, temper, bad or ill temper, ire, indignation, acrimony, animosity, hostility, hatred,… …

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  • 124asperity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. harshness, severity. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Acrimony] Syn. bitterness, sharpness, ill temper; see roughness 2 , rudeness . 2. [Hardship] Syn. rigor, severity, difficulty; see difficulty 1 , 2 , rigor …

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  • 125cantankerous — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. cross, ill natured. See irascibility. Ant., pleasant, good natured. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. peevish, quarrelsome, grouchy; see critical 2 , irritable , mean 3 , obstinate . III (Roget s 3… …

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  • 126contention — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Act of contending Nouns 1. (act of contending) contention, strife, contest, contestation, altercation, infighting; struggle; belligerency, pugnacity, combativeness (see irascibility); competition,… …

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  • 127crabbed — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. crabby, ill tempered, irascible, surly, growly, cross, peevish; cramped, illegible, squeezed. See irascibility, unintelligibility. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Sour tempered] Syn. grouchy, peevish,… …

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  • 128cranky — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. irritable (see irascibility). Ant., amiable, good natured. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. cross, testy, crotchety, fretful; see irritable . See Synonym Study at irritable . III (Roget s 3… …

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