irrascible

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The conversation seemed of an angry nature, for the voices of the speakers were loud and irrascible, and their gestures evidenced a state of high excitement I see," said one, who seemed the superior of the party--"I see well where this will end.

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  • While there is considerable diversity among the many subfactions of this native village - a group who ride nothing but the banked ovalesque road, a spinoff group that eschews brakes and gears, and an irrascible crew of tiny people who want to do nothing but climb to the top of the highest hill each day - there is evidently a heretofore unmentioned tribe, which this group of natives cannot abide. —  Fat Cyclist
  • But maybe the more pressing question is why the GOP has fashioned itself into a party that has become so afraid of any other flavor of conservatism that it forces people, even the irrascible McCain, to conformity. —  The Moderate Voice
  • It's amazing how he transforms into an irrascible demon on court. —  Tennis-X.com :: Xtreme Tennis News
  • The conversation seemed of an angry nature, for the voices of the speakers were loud and irrascible, and their gestures evidenced a state of high excitement I see," said one, who seemed the superior of the party--"I see well where this will end. —  The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer — Complete
  • Arrogant, not collaborative, irrascible with very poor people skills. —  Taylor Marsh
 

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