His irascible temperament often got him into trouble. From LearnThat.org.
Therefore hope resides in the higher appetite called the will, and not in the lower appetite, of which the irascible is a part. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
Furthermore, Mayor McGinn isn't at all "irascible" (prone to anger), Josh "hothead" Feit. From Wordnik.com. [McGinn Outfoxes Council President Conlin « PubliCola] Reference
In contrast, he believes Mr McCain has been badly advised in his campaign strategy and come across as "irascible". From Wordnik.com. [Top Stories - Google News] Reference
Two KwaZulu-Natal lawyers told Business Day he was "irascible" and impatient on the bench, but he was "revered" for his legal acumen. From Wordnik.com. [AllAfrica News: Latest] Reference
Here was the stately and irascible Lord George. From Wordnik.com. [The Bibliotaph and Other People] Reference
Richard was as irascible as he was clever and brave. From Wordnik.com. [Simon Says, 'Out!'] Reference
"That'll do, I tell ye!" roared the irascible old man. From Wordnik.com. [Derrick Sterling A Story of the Mines] Reference
Mr. Mackenzie was evidently a most irascible old gentleman. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Volume 11, No. 26, May, 1873] Reference
"He seems the same irascible old curmudgeon he's always been.". From Wordnik.com. [Adaptation] Reference
He pushed his hand through his hair with an irascible gesture. From Wordnik.com. [The Coast of Chance] Reference
An irascible contrarian, Adams argued too hotly for his own good. From Wordnik.com. [Founders Chic: Live From Philadelphia] Reference
He was yellower and grayer, and he was getting testy and irascible. From Wordnik.com. [On the Stairs] Reference
One reads that the Béarnais are "irascible, jealous, and spirituel.". From Wordnik.com. [The Automobilist Abroad] Reference
Mr. LEVINSON: ... because he was so strong and authoritative and irascible. From Wordnik.com. [A 'Great Big' Biography of Tommy Dorsey] Reference
But he was possessed of an irascible temper, and was naturally disputatious. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
He was "irascible and principled, fiercely independent and deeply patriotic.". From Wordnik.com. [A Penchant For the Politics Of the Poke] Reference
The Don was a man of proud and irascible temper, but kindly when not crossed. From Wordnik.com. [The Blood of the Conquerors] Reference
It was a small but significant moment: He was acting like his old, irascible self. From Wordnik.com. [He's the Jets' Immovable Object] Reference
The irascible father's decidedly un-PC pronouncements raise more laughs than offence. From Wordnik.com. [A Voyage Round My Father] Reference
What a din, what frantic gestures, what a rush of these irascible Corsicans at our baggage!. From Wordnik.com. [Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition.] Reference
This week, two experts set about correcting the erratic sleep patterns of two irascible tots. From Wordnik.com. [Tonight's TV highlights] Reference
(The irascible Letterman was incapable of lobbying and never told NBC that he wanted "Tonight."). From Wordnik.com. [Exit Laughing] Reference
Mr. Gordon played his irascible father, Andrew, who was not shy about sharing his opinions on race. From Wordnik.com. [Nathan Quinones; Carl Gordon] Reference
An irascible Lupo warned against courtroom demonstrations, but Black and Smith ignored her and embraced. From Wordnik.com. [Palm Beach Lessons] Reference
He might be a gentleman of irascible, nasty temper, and in walking about my room, I might step on his feet. From Wordnik.com. [How to Cook Husbands] Reference
As to the male, I made at least a dozen attempts to photograph the irascible little demon, but all in vain. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7] Reference
Breslin, the dean of the Angry Old Man wing of the New York press corps, was his irascible self all morning. From Wordnik.com. [American Beat: Adventures with Arnold] Reference
Mr. Koch, an irascible figure in his few brief appearances in the film, still takes issue with that assessment. From Wordnik.com. [Graffiti Is Gone, but Its Story Can Be Salvaged] Reference
Mr. David Charles Bell was a very handsome man, but very irascible, and the young people were quite afraid of him. From Wordnik.com. [A Portrait of Old George Town] Reference
Not long ago an instance of the kind happened to a person who has the character of being a violent and irascible man. From Wordnik.com. [Recollections of Manilla and the Philippines During 1848, 1849 and 1850] Reference
In 2000, a TV documentary, "The Man who Bought Mustique," portrayed him unflatteringly as impatient, irascible and spoiled. From Wordnik.com. [Master of Mustique Built Jet-Set Haven] Reference
I mean such conditions as insanity, irascibility, and so on: for people are said to be mad or irascible in virtue of these. From Wordnik.com. [Categoriae. English] Reference
I guess if I weren't so passionate about the rest of what this irascible, cranky director turned out, I wouldn't care at all. From Wordnik.com. [Books: 'Searching For John Ford'] Reference
General Prescott, commanding the British forces on Rhode Island in 1777, was a petty tyrant, imperious, irascible, and cruel. From Wordnik.com. [Harper's Young People, February 17, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly] Reference
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