The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word TESTY , but the solution may also be QUICKTOANGER which is one of the most recent solution (2020 in LA Times).
Irascible crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| TESTY | 53 % | 5 |
| SURLY | 9 % | 5 |
| EDGY | 7 % | 4 |
| CHOLERIC | 7 % | 8 |
| BRISTLY | 3 % | 7 |
| ORNERY | 3 % | 6 |
| IRATE | 3 % | 5 |
| WASPISH | 2 % | 7 |
| CRABBY | 2 % | 6 |
| LIVERISH | 2 % | 8 |
| IREFUL | 2 % | 6 |
| CRANKY | 2 % | 6 |
| CROSS | 2 % | 5 |
| QUICKTOANGER | 2 % | 12 |
| XXXXXX | 2 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Irascible
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- quick-tempered
- ill-natured
- short-tempered
- hot-tempered
- hotheaded
- angry
- choleric
- short
- ornery
- cantankerous
- pugnacious
- curmudgeonly
Crossword Answer definitions
TESTY adjective- Easily annoyed, irritable.
- Marked by impatience or ill humor.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result TESTY
- Irritable
- On edge
- Easily irritated
- Cross
- Peevish
- Not exactly easygoing
- Irascible
- Easily nettled
- Ready to snap
- Short-tempered
More clues leading to the result SURLY
- Grumpy
- One of the Seven Duffs at Duff Gardens
- Easily miffed
- Quick to bristle
- Ill-humored
- Like a sourpuss
- Irascible
- Cantankerous
- Ill-tempered
- Bad-tempered
More clues leading to the result EDGY
- Wired
- Tense
- Like indie crosswords (we hope)
- Like much prestige television
- Pacing, perhaps
- All wound up
- Innovative and daring
- Like challenging art
- Likely to snap
- Risk-taking
More clues leading to the result CHOLERIC
- Wrathful
- Ill-tempered
- In a rage
- Easily made angry.
- Irascible.
- Quick-tempered.
- Hot-tempered.
- Splenetic
- Irascible
- Irritable
More clues leading to the result BRISTLY
More clues leading to the result ORNERY
- Mean and nasty
- Not exactly agreeable
- Combative
- Cantankerous
- Games magazine's "The World's Most ___ Crossword"
- Ill-natured
- Curmudgeonlike
- Challenging or cruel
- Mean or stubborn
- Not at all nice
More clues leading to the result IRATE
- Angry
- Boiling mad
- Fuming
- Furious
- Mad as a wet hen
- Mad as heck
- Ticked off
- In a dither
- In a pique
- More than sore
More clues leading to the result WASPISH
More clues leading to the result CRABBY
- Inclined to complaining
- In an unpleasant mood
- Ill-tempered
- Peevish
- Like a grouch
- Cantankerous
- Like Lucy of "Peanuts"
- In a foul mood
- Churlish
- Irritable
More clues leading to the result LIVERISH
More clues leading to the result IREFUL
- Loaded with anger
- Enraged
- Angry
- Very angry
- Filled with wrath
- Quite angry
- Choleric
- Filled with rage
- Full of anger
- In need of anger management
More clues leading to the result CRANKY
- Grouchy
- Peevish
- 7-Dwarfs' cross kin?
- Cantankerous.
- Irritable.
- Ill-tempered.
- Cross
- Ill-tempered
- Irascible
- Irritable
More clues leading to the result CROSS
- Peevish
- In a nasty mood
- Intersect
- Church figure
- Fit to be tied
- In a bad mood
- Liable to lose it
- Bad-tempered
- Irritated
- Vampire protection
More clues leading to the result QUICKTOANGER
More clues leading to the result XXXXXX
- "Is Anybody Goin' to San ___" (#1 Charley Pride song)
- "Macbeth" king
- "___ Mater" (hymn)
- 1960s-'70s series starring Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
- African capital
- Alley flanker
- Anders Celsius and Greta Garbo, for two
- Antarctic summit between peaks named for faith and charity
- Boo-boos
- English landscapist famous for "The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons"