Irascible vs Obnoxious - What's the difference?
irascible | obnoxious | Related terms |
Easily provoked to outbursts of anger; irritable.
* 1809 , , Knickerbocker's History of New York , ch. 16:
* 1863 , , Hospital Sketches , ch. 1:
* 1921 , , Four Years , ch. 10:
* 2004 Feb. 29, Daniel Kadlec, "
Extremely unpleasant, offensive, very annoying, odious or contemptible.
(archaic) exposed to harm or injury.
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Irascible is a related term of obnoxious.
As adjectives the difference between irascible and obnoxious
is that irascible is easily provoked to outbursts of anger; irritable while obnoxious is extremely unpleasant, offensive, very annoying, odious or contemptible.irascible
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- . . . the surly and irascible passions which, like belligerent powers, lie encamped around the heart.
- I am naturally irascible , and if I could have shaken this negative gentleman vigorously, the relief would have been immense.
- . . . 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?
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-temperedReferences
* ----obnoxious
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Alternative forms
* obnoctious (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- He was an especially obnoxious and detestable specimen of a man.
- Throwing stones at the bus is another example of your obnoxious behaviour.
- To begin then with his Experiment of the burning Wood, it seems to me to be obnoxious to not a few considerable Exceptions.