Susceptible to mental irritation; liable to the excitement of anger or passion; irascible; petulant.Susceptible to physical irritation; capable of being stimulated to action by external agency; liable to contract, shrink, become inflamed, etc., when excited or stimulated: as, irritable nerves; an irritable wound.Specifically, in physiology and botany, possessing the property of irritability.Responding quickly to a stimulus; sensitive; impressible.Synonyms Passionate, etc. (see irascible); fretful, peevish.