Irascible vs Noxious - What's the difference?

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Irascible is a related term of noxious.

As adjectives the difference between irascible and noxious

is that irascible is easily provoked to outbursts of anger; irritable while noxious is harmful; injurious.

irascible

English

Adjective

(en adjective)

Easily provoked to outbursts of anger; irritable.

* 1809 , , Knickerbocker's History of New York , ch. 16:

. . . the surly and irascible passions which, like belligerent powers, lie encamped around the heart.

* 1863 , , Hospital Sketches , ch. 1:

I am naturally irascible , and if I could have shaken this negative gentleman vigorously, the relief would have been immense.

* 1921 , , Four Years , ch. 10:

. . . a never idle man of great physical strength and extremely irascible —did he not fling a badly baked plum pudding through the window upon Xmas Day?

* 2004 Feb. 29, Daniel Kadlec, " Why He's Meanspan," Time :

Alan Greenspan was on an irascible roll last week, first dissing everyone who holds a fixed-rate mortgage — suckers! — and later picking on folks who collect Social Security: Get back to work, Grandma.

Synonyms

* cantankerous, choleric, cranky, ill-tempered, hot-tempered

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noxious

English

Alternative forms

* (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)

Harmful; injurious.

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Usage notes

* Nouns to which "noxious" is often applied: substance, chemical, fume, gas, odor, plant, weed, animal, stimulus, stimulation.

Synonyms

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