Synonyms of the word

irritability

• n. The state or quality of being irritable; quick excitability.
• n. (physiology) A natural susceptibility, characteristic of all living organisms, tissues, and cells, to…
• n. (medicine) A condition of morbid excitability of an organ or part of the body; undue susceptibility to…

biliousness

• n. The state of being bilious.

choler

• n. Anger or irritability.
• n. One of the four humours of ancient physiology, also known as yellow bile.

crossness

• n. the state of being cross; mild anger.

distemper

• n. (veterinary medicine, pathology) A viral disease of animals, such as dogs and cats, characterised by fever,…
• n. (archaic) A disorder of the humours of the body; a disease.
• n. A water-based paint.
• n. A painting produced with this kind of paint.
• v. To temper or mix unduly; to make disproportionate; to change the due proportions of.
• v. To derange the functions of, whether bodily, mental, or spiritual; to disorder; to disease.
• v. To deprive of temper or moderation; to disturb; to ruffle; to make disaffected, ill-humoured, or malignant.
• v. To intoxicate.
• v. To paint using distemper.
• v. To mix (colours) in the way of distemper.

excitability

• n. (uncountable) The state of being excitable.
• n. (countable) A measure of how easy something is to excite.

fretfulness

• n. The quality of being fretful.

fussiness

• n. The state of being fussy.

peevishness

• n. The state of being peevish.

pettishness

• n. The state of being pettish; peevishness, irritability.

petulance

• n. The property of being petulant.

reactivity

• n. responsiveness to stimulation.
• n. (chemistry) relative susceptibility to chemical reaction.

responsiveness

• n. The quality or state of being responsive.
• n. The ability of a machine to adjust to external influences.

snappishness

• n. The quality of being snappish.

surliness

• n. The property of being surly.

temper

• n. A tendency to be of a certain type of mood.
• n. State of mind.
• n. The state of any compound substance which results from the mixture of various ingredients; due mixture…
• n. (obsolete) Constitution of body; the mixture or relative proportion of the four humours: blood, choler,…
• n. The heat treatment to which a metal or other material has been subjected; a material that has undergone…
• n. Calmness of mind; moderation; equanimity; composure.
• n. The state of a metal or other substance, especially as to its hardness, produced by some process of heating…
• n. Middle state or course; mean; medium.
• n. (sugar manufacture, historical) Milk of lime, or other substance, employed in the process formerly used…
• v. To moderate or control.
• v. To strengthen or toughen a material, especially metal, by heat treatment; anneal.
• v. To sauté spices in ghee or oil to release essential oils for flavouring a dish in South Asian cuisine.
• v. To mix clay, plaster or mortar with water to obtain the proper consistency.
• v. (music) To adjust, as the mathematical scale to the actual scale, or to that in actual use.
• v. (obsolete, Latinism) To govern; to manage.
• v. (archaic) To combine in due proportions; to constitute; to compose.
• v. (archaic) To mingle in due proportion; to prepare by combining; to modify, as by adding some new element;…
• v. (obsolete) To fit together; to adjust; to accommodate.