irritable

irritable, malhumorado

Que se enfada o pierde la paciencia fácilmente ante problemas pequeños.

En inglés sencillo: If you are like this, small problems easily make you angry or impatient.

• I'm tired and irritable today.
• He became irritable when the children kept shouting.
• Does missing breakfast make you irritable?

Sinónimos: grumpy, short-tempered, touchy

Antónimos: easygoing

Expresiones frecuentes: feel irritable, irritable mood, irritable person

excitable, irritable

Capaz de reaccionar al contacto, a sustancias químicas o a otros cambios del entorno.

En inglés sencillo: Able to react to touch, chemicals, or other changes around it.

• Muscle tissue is irritable.
• These irritable cells respond to electrical signals.
• The experiment measured how irritable the nerve tissue was.

Sinónimos: excitable, responsive

Antónimos: unresponsive

Expresiones frecuentes: irritable tissue, irritable cells, irritable muscle