irritable

irritable, grincheux

Qui se met facilement en colère ou s’impatiente pour de petits problèmes.

En anglais simple : 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?

Synonymes : grumpy, short-tempered, touchy

Contraires : easygoing

Expressions courantes : feel irritable, irritable mood, irritable person

excitable, irritable

Capable de réagir au toucher, aux substances chimiques ou à d’autres changements de son environnement.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : excitable, responsive

Contraires : unresponsive

Expressions courantes : irritable tissue, irritable cells, irritable muscle