Irascibility, n. Irritability, irascibleness. See following adjective.
Irascible, a. Irritable, touchy, testy, waspish, quick, snappish, splenetic, petulant, choleric, peppery, hot, hasty, like tinder, like touchwood.
Irascibleness, n. Irascibility.
Irate, a. Angry, provoked, piqued, irritated, ireful, in a passion.
Ire, n. (Poetical.) Wrath, anger, rage, fury, choler, indignation, resentment, passion, exasperation.
Ireful, a. Angry, raging, furious, passionate, irate, incensed.
Iridescence, n. Play of colors (like those of the rainbow).
Iridescent, a. Rainbow-like, irisated, nacreous, pavonine.
Iris, n.
- 1. Rainbow.
- 2. (Bot.) Flower-de-luce, fleur-de-lis.
Irisated, a. See Iridescent.
Irish, a. Of Ireland.
Irish, n.
- 1. Irish language.
- 2. Natives of Ireland.
Irishism, n. Hibernicism, Hibernianism, Irish idiom.
Irishry, n. Irish, people of Ireland, Irish people.
Irksome, a. Wearisome (in consequence of being distasteful), tiresome, wearying, weary, devoid of interest. See Tedious.
Ironical, a. Mocking, full of irony, expressing irony.
Iron-pyrites, n. (Min.) Bisulphuret of iron.
Irons, n. pl. Fetters, shackles, manacles, chains, hampers, gyves.
Irony, n. Mockery (saying one thing and meaning the opposite).
Irradiate, v. a. Illuminate, illumine, illume, brighten, light up, make bright, shine upon, throw light upon, cast lustre upon, adorn with light.
Irradiate, v. n. Emit rays, be radiant, give out light, be luminous or lustrous.