Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.
Class VI. Words Relating to the Sentient and Moral PowersSection III. Sympathetic Affections
1. Social Affections
901. Irascibility.
ill humor (sullenness) [See Irascibility]; churlishness (discourtesy) [See Discourtesy].
Sir Fretful Plagiary; brabbler, Tartar; shrew, vixen, virago, termagant, dragon, scold, Xanthippe or Xantippe, Kate the Shrew; porcupine; spitfire; fire eater (blusterer) [See Blusterer]; fury &c. (violent person) [See Violence].
hasty, overhasty, quick, warm, hot, testy, touchy, techy or tetchy; like -touchwood, – tinder, – a barrel of gunpowder; huffy, pettish, petulant, querulous, captious, moody, moodish; fractious, peevish, acariâtre [F.].
QUARRELSOME, contentious, disputatious; pugnacious (bellicose) [See Contention]; cantankerous [colloq.], exceptious [rare], cross-grained; waspish, snappish, peppery, fiery, passionate, choleric, shrewish, “sudden and quick in quarrel” [As You Like It]; restive (perverse) [See Irascibility]a; churlish (discourteous) [See Discourtesy]; cross, – as -crabs, – a bear with a sore head, – a cat, – a dog, – two sticks, – the tongs [all colloq.]; sore, sore as a crab [colloq.].
in a bad temper; sulky [See Irascibility]a; angry [See Resentment]; resentful, resentive; vindictive [See Revenge].