Irascible vs Provoked - What's the difference?
irascible | provoked | Related terms |
Easily provoked to outbursts of anger; irritable.
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(provoke)
to cause someone to become annoyed or angry.
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to bring about a reaction.
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(obsolete) To appeal.
As an adjective irascible
is easily provoked to outbursts of anger; irritable.As a verb provoked is
past tense of provoke.irascible
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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
* ----provoked
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Verb
(head)provoke
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Verb
(provok)- Don't provoke the dog; it may try to bite you.
- Ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath.
- To the poet the meaning is what he pleases to make it, what it provokes in his own soul.
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