irascible

Example Sentences

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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

To me, he’s Hollywood’s irascible philosopher, a truth-teller whose truths should also be taken with a full shaker of salt.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2024

"We love him. He was intrepid, he was funny, he was gruff, he was irascible, he was beautiful."

From BBC • May 5, 2024

“There was unrest in so many corners, in so many ways and it just happened that you had a candidate who was irascible enough to be able to tap into that unrest,” said Coleman.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 13, 2024

As Reed describes it: The case before the jury involved an irascible gentleman who lived next door to a filling station.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell