How To Use Irascible In A Sentence
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Clearly you are inter alia, boorish, emulous, elitist and irascible, but none of us is perfect!
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An irascible character who has rubbed up investors and politicians the wrong way, he has nonetheless been regarded as an effective chief executive.
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But it holds the chief and highest power, as mese to hypate, in respect of the concupiscent; as mese to nete, in respect of the irascible; insomuch as it depresses and heightens, — and in fine makes a harmony, — by abating what is too much and by not suffering them to flatten and grow dull.
Essays and Miscellanies
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From Russia to Tibet, Egypt to America, Tintin travelled -- accompanied by his faithful dog Snowy and the irascible Captain Haddock - to solve crimes and become an early champion of the rights of local indigenous people in 23 books published from 1929 onwards.
Unlikely Travel Guide: Can A Comic Inspire Travel?
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Our common historical portrait of him consists mostly of negative assertions that he was irascible, uncivil, and secretive.
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At the very same time, he was also seen as deeply irascible: thin-skinned, emotionally volatile, easily provoked, quick to take offense.
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What happened next led to a company boss pleading guilty to three charges after was provoked into what his solicitor Steven Culleton called ‘an irascible rage.’
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He could also be irascible, most especially about unjust or unfair behaviour.
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It transpires that this rather dour, irascible man was quite a showman when it came to telling a story.
The Times Literary Supplement
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He was a famously difficult and irascible man, some might even have characterized as mad, but was unfailingly courteous, warm and hospitable towards me.
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Despite their differences and occasional arguments, Washington had a great deal of fondness for the irascible old redcoat, who had shown him unusual warmth in return.
George Washington’s First War
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If his staff were suspicious that something was amiss, they knew better than to disturb the irascible old despot.
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The giant saw the homuncule was irascible, and played upon him, being encouraged thereto by the shouts of laughter.
The Cloister and the Hearth
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Yet he was famously thin-skinned and irascible, as I have good reason to remember, if any criticism became directed at himself.
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Proud, hard to work with, jealous, and irascible, he was essentially the leader of opposition, the grumbler, and the _frondeur_.
The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377)
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The Southern recension of the epic states that in an earlier birth as Nalayani (also named Indrasena) she was married to Maudgalya, an irascible sage afflicted with leprosy.
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In truth, he often proved an irascible, frustrating curmudgeon at the tribunal but people loved him for it.
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He was a man's man, a hard-drinking, argumentative, creative, quick-tempered, irascible, huggy bear of a gent, Texas big in his concepts and his audacity, appropriate for a guy named Texas.
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But she wasn't laughing at Leo; she was amused with her own irascible mood.
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Dunmore was certainly a haughty, irascible man, who made enemies easily and often.
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Why, then, would Twain appropriate David's name, in this "mighty strike" of a story, for an "irascible," "generally detested" murder victim?
The Atlantic | July/August 2001 | Mark Twain's Reconstruction | Blount Jr.
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Both his mastery of the irascible and unpredictable George II and his control of a previously unmanageable Parliament were portrayed in countless broadsides and prints as the arts of a veritable political conjuror.
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An irascible character who has rubbed up investors and politicians the wrong way, he has nonetheless been regarded as an effective chief executive.
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The tamanoir of Buffon is called uaraca by the Indians; it is irascible and courageous, which is extraordinary in an animal without teeth.
Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America
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The _slave_ never can do this as long as he is a _slave_; whilst he is a "chattel personal" he can own _no_ property; but the time _is to come_ when _every_ man is to sit under _his own_ vine and _his own_ fig-tree, and no domineering driver, or irresponsible master, or irascible mistress, shall make him afraid of the chain or the whip.
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 1 of 4
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The books usually revolved around the exploits of a Northern family, the Brandons, and in particular the dour son of the family Carter and the irascible Uncle Mort.
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How wonderful it would be to say goodbye to commuting, crazy hours and irascible bosses.
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How wonderful it would be to say goodbye to commuting, crazy hours and irascible bosses.
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Indeed, according to the natural system of the parts, the place of the irascible faculty must be in the middle, and of the rational in the highest, which the Greeks call hypate.
Essays and Miscellanies
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He played the role for a decade and a half, delighting viewers with his portrayal of the irascible lawyer with references to wife Hilda as ‘she who must be obeyed’.
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His sense of humour was dry, he could be irascible, and he was razor sharp.
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In the onslaught is displayed the animal excitement, the battle rage, which St. Thomas calls the irascible passion: and of this St. Thomas says, what Aristotle says of thymos, that it is an agency to be used by the rational will within due limits.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI
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What he doesn't mention is the mood swing from the honeysweet to the irascible.
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This irascible trait naturally served to increase his enemies.
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Furthermore, Mayor McGinn isn't at all "irascible" (prone to anger), Josh "hothead" Feit.
McGinn Outfoxes Council President Conlin « PubliCola
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They are commonly [1629] reduced into two inclinations, irascible and concupiscible.
Anatomy of Melancholy
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It transpires that this rather dour, irascible man was quite a showman when it came to telling a story.
The Times Literary Supplement
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But when this self-involvement is threatened, well, then we see how irascible, irritable and bad tempered stoners can be.
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Recalling his irascible nature, I had to smile, and his presence was so real that I began speaking to his statue: 'How strange it is, Father, that you who ignored English in college and read none of the great novels, who concentrated solely on your engineering work, should have written a book of such merit that they put up a statue of you.
Mexico
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It transpires that this rather dour, irascible man was quite a showman when it came to telling a story.
The Times Literary Supplement
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If his staff were suspicious that something was amiss, they knew better than to disturb the irascible old despot.
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King is also said to be a moody, irascible, and emotional cuss.
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He's nothing if not honest, blunt, irascible, generous, laconic, witty and enigmatic.
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Venal, lazy, irascible, horny, prickly - he's always living by his wits in situations that require anything but.
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It transpires that this rather dour, irascible man was quite a showman when it came to telling a story.
The Times Literary Supplement
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These concupiscible and irascible appetites are as the two twists of a rope, mutually mixed one with the other, and both twining about the heart: both good, as Austin, holds, l.
Anatomy of Melancholy
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But it holds the chief and highest power, as mese to hypate, in respect of the concupiscent; as mese to nete, in respect of the irascible; insomuch as it depresses and heightens, — and in fine makes a harmony, — by abating what is too much and by not suffering them to flatten and grow dull.
Essays and Miscellanies
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Beethoven was blunt, irascible, and ambitious, though good-natured, noble-minded, and idealistic.
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The irascible Irishman replied that a Scotchman was the incarnation of impudence -- and hereupon a war of words ensued, until the officers 'attention was attracted and brought it to an abrupt conclusion.
Six Years in the Prisons of England
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The iron may be a Scottish squirelet, full of gulosity and "gigmanity"; the magnet an English plebeian, and moving rag-and-dust mountain, coarse, proud, irascible, imperious; nevertheless, behold how they embrace, and inseparably cleave to one another!
The Best of the World's Classics, Vol. V (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland III
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Julie Walters is on unassailable form as an irascible retired actress in a bitter-sweet, very British comedy drama.
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Therefore hope resides in the higher appetite called the will, and not in the lower appetite, of which the irascible is a part.
Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province
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To his left he caught a quick glimpse of Mrs Melver, their irascible neighbour, peering at him over the fence.
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He could also be irascible, most especially about unjust or unfair behaviour.
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Luc patiently visits his brother, uncomplainingly sticking by the bedside of this difficult and irascible man when everyone else deserts him.
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The two make an odd couple both physically and emotionally - bulky, brooding, irascible Crowe contrasting with laid-back, long-limbed Bettany.
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In the TV show, Bruno pointed out to his irascible music teacher, Mr Sharofsky, that modern technology made traditional instruments redundant.
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He played the role for a decade and a half, delighting viewers with his portrayal of the irascible lawyer.
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an irascible response
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After 13 years playing the stubborn, long-pocketed and irascible Inspector Morse, this week will see the veteran actor finally wave goodbye to his most famous role.
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Variety said that while still eccentric and full of mirth'the irascible green ogre begins to show signs of encroaching middle age '.
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As God is the centre of our concupiscible affections, so sin is the object of those we call irascible; and the affections of love and hatred being the ground of all the rest, I must have a great care that I do not mistake or miscarry in them: for if these be placed upon wrong objects, it is impossible any of the rest should be placed upon right ones.
Private Thoughts Upon Religion and a Christian Life; to which is Added the Necessity and Advantage of Frequent Communion. Volume I.
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This particular image consultant appears to have neglected his own image, or maybe he is just happy with being cynical, self-centred, irascible and insufferable.
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Because Papa grew so grouchy and irascible as his health failed, I wondered at times how many people really liked him.
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Frank's irascible uncle, who had raised him after his parents' death, is murdered on his farm and now his nephew wants to find the murderer and claim whatever inheritance he can.
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The irascible Jim Godbolt, a long-time friend of Ronnie Scott, ruffled a few feathers 20 years ago when he published his book on the early decades of British jazz.
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An irascible bachelor, he was often vitriolic in his criticism of the work of other artists, and jealous of their successes.
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Morgan, an apparently irascible old codger, is quite literally the brains of the outfit.
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The iron may be a Scottish squirelet, full of gulosity and "gigmanity"; the magnet an English plebeian, and moving rag-and-dust mountain, coarse, proud, irascible, imperious; nevertheless, behold how they embrace, and inseparably cleave to one another!
The Best of the World's Classics, Vol. V (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland III
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But the picture drawn by Volkmar Braunbehrens's 1989 biography is of a serious, steady, occasionally irascible man.
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Black George was, in the main, a peaceable kind of fellow, and nothing choleric nor rash; yet did he bear about him something of what the antients called the irascible, and which his wife, if she had been endowed with much wisdom, would have feared.
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
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Yet he was famously thin-skinned and irascible, as I have good reason to remember, if any criticism became directed at himself.
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At the very same time, Teller was also seen as deeply irascible: thin-skinned, emotionally volatile, easily provoked, quick to take offense.
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Because Papa grew so grouchy and irascible as his health failed, I wondered at times how many people really liked him.
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He can be immovable, irascible, and exasperating when he wants to, which is most of the time.
MURDER IN E MINOR
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This order also keeps the analogy of the symphonies, i.e. the proportion of the irascible to the rational (which is placed as hypate) making the diatessaron (or fourth), that of the irascible to the concupiscent (or nete) making the diapente (or fifth), and that of the rational to the concupiscent (as hypate to nete) making an octave or diapason.
Essays and Miscellanies
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Usually we can count on the irascible Democratic Congressman Jim Moran (VA-8) for entertainment whenever he decides to open his mouth, but this time the irascibility was a tag-team effort with his wife LuAnn Bennett who both caused a scene on Inauguration Day at the Capitol.
Waldo's Virginia Political Blogroll
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I moved on to read CanLit in general and made some wonderful discoveries about the literature of this amazing country and finally discovered The Stone Angel by Margaret Laurence and the irascible nonagenarian Hagar Shipley.
42 entries from November 2007
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While in this new valuation he still retains the character of a disputatious, puritanical polemist, erratic in conduct, surly in manner, irascible in temper, biting in speech, it invests him with a shrinking reluctance to adopt any action however radical without the approval of the congregation or its accredited representatives.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy
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Her father was distinctly irascible, and disposed more than ever to hide away among the petrological things -- the study was turned out.
Ann Veronica: A Modern Love Story
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Lady Margaret received her with a coldness that bordered upon incivility; irascible by nature and jealous by situation, the appearance of beauty alarmed, and of chearfulness disgusted her.
Cecilia
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Variety said that while still eccentric and full of mirth'the irascible green ogre begins to show signs of encroaching middle age '.
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_ Not Neoptolemus so mirable] [W: Neoptolemus's sire irascible] After all this contention it is difficult to imagine that the critic believes _mirable_ to have been changed to _irascible_.
Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies