irritable

irritabile, scontroso

Che si arrabbia o perde la pazienza facilmente per piccoli problemi.

In inglese semplice: 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?

Sinonimi: grumpy, short-tempered, touchy

Contrari: easygoing

Espressioni comuni: feel irritable, irritable mood, irritable person

eccitabile, irritabile

Capace di reagire al contatto, alle sostanze chimiche o ad altri cambiamenti nell’ambiente.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: excitable, responsive

Contrari: unresponsive

Espressioni comuni: irritable tissue, irritable cells, irritable muscle