irritableness

The inchoate condition of our domestic service has undoubtedly much to do with the premature seams that mar what would else be fair and sweet, but I incline to the belief that more is due to a certain irritableness which is a national characteristic, -- a restless desire to set everything right.

The Secret of a Happy Home (1896) Marion Harland 1876

He lifted the cat on the toe of his shoe and gave him a toss, which was hateful of him except he seemed not aware of the cat but merely his own irritableness.

Breakfast At Tiffany's Capote, Truman, 1924- 1958

He lifted the cat on the toe of his shoe and gave him a toss, which was hateful of him except he seemed not aware of the cat but merely his own irritableness.

Breakfast At Tiffany's Capote, Truman, 1924- 1958

It is perfectly marvelous to notice how a child will put on from six to eight pounds in a short period, at the same time overcoming his irritableness and fretfulness.

The Mother and Her Child William S. Sadler

Cochrane blinked, lifted even out of his irritableness by the sight before him.

Operation: Outer Space Murray Leinster 1935

When Paul had fully grasped the significance of this enlightenment his impatience was changed into quietness, his irritableness into confidence, and his complaint into sacred jubilation.

Things That Matter Most: Devotional Papers 1817-1893 1913

And yet the lesson had been quietly repeated, and no sign of irritableness was witnessed in the Master's speech and behaviour.

The Epistles of St. Peter 1817-1893 1910

During the hours of sleep our gracious God comes and refills the exhausted lamp, and in the morning the touchiness and irritableness and tastelessness have all gone, and we face the new day as men renewed.

The Silver Lining: Messages of Hope and Cheer 1817-1893 1907

What a wonderful minister is the genius of sleep When our bodies are tired out, and the nervous force is almost spent, and we feel ourselves wearied and “down,” what a hotbed is provided for irritableness, and doubt, and despondency and despair!

The Silver Lining: Messages of Hope and Cheer 1817-1893 1907

He must be free from ill passion and irritableness.

The Gospel Day Or, the Light of Christianity Charles Ebert Orr 1897