Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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irritable

/ˈɪɹɪtəbl̩/ adjective

  1. adjective Capable of being irritated.
  2. adjective Easily exasperated or excited. “an irritable old man”
  3. adjective (medicine) Responsive to stimuli.

Synonyms

atrabilious bad-tempered bilious bitchy brainish cantankerous carnaptious choleric crabbit crabby cranky crotchety dyspeptic edgy fantoddish fiery fractious fretful grumpy grotchy nettlesome peevish peckish pettish petulant scratchy testy tetchy techy excitable

Antonyms

calm imperturbable serene

Etymology

Borrowed from French irritable, from Latin irritabilis.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Capable of being irriated.
  2. adjective Very susceptible of anger or passion; easily inflamed or exasperated; as, an irritable temper.

Etymology [L. irritabilis: cf. F. irritable. See Irritate.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “irritable”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “irritable” (best matches first).