irascible

Example Sentences

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“All In the Family” signposted its main character’s irascible bigotry and generation-gap grievances in the first minute by having its main character sing wistfully of a time when “Guys like me we had it made.”

From Salon • Apr. 25, 2026

Ms. Jackson is no apologist—her James has flaws aplenty—but where prior historians offered snide caricature, she portrays a complex leader who was “intelligent, resilient, idiosyncratic, irascible, guileful and witty.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

He said that "they were similar characters, they were irascible, witty and caustic, and both were interested in writing".

From BBC • Nov. 24, 2025

“A person who would define not just the sound of underground music through the next two decades, but also its discourse — the irascible, outspoken, intelligent and relentlessly ethical Steve Albini.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2024

Ron, however, had always been used to three delicious meals a day, courtesy of his mother or of the Hogwarts house-elves, and hunger made him both unreasonable and irascible.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling