Emotions
Synonyms for irritable
The synonym for irritable recorded in this bank is choleric, in the sense "easily annoyed or angered". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for irritable
- cholericadjective, in the sense "easily annoyed or angered"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and irritable carries one sense so far.
easily annoyed or angered
He grew irritable whenever he skipped breakfast.
The true synonym
choleric
Same sentence, swapped: He grew choleric whenever he skipped breakfast.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for irritable in the sentence quoted.
- forgetful
- sleepy
- curious
Where irritable turns up in the game
irritable is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 5, Summit. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in two other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where irritable is the trap
- lethargicadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is sluggish, in the sense "in a state of sluggishness, lacking energy", with irritable sitting one tile away.
- sluggishadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is lethargic, in the sense "moving slowly and with little energy", and irritable is on the board beside it.
Play irritable
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so irritable reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. irritable carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.