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 |
| CHOLERIC | 7 % | 8 |
| EDGY | 7 % | 4 |
| BRISTLY | 3 % | 7 |
| IRATE | 3 % | 5 |
| ORNERY | 3 % | 6 |
| LIVERISH | 2 % | 8 |
| QUICKTOANGER | 2 % | 12 |
| WASPISH | 2 % | 7 |
| IREFUL | 2 % | 6 |
| CROSS | 2 % | 5 |
| XXXXXX | 2 % | 6 |
| CRANKY | 2 % | 6 |
| CRABBY | 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 CHOLERIC
- Wrathful
- Ill-tempered
- In a rage
- Easily made angry.
- Irascible.
- Quick-tempered.
- Hot-tempered.
- Splenetic
- Irascible
- Irritable
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 BRISTLY
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 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 LIVERISH
More clues leading to the result QUICKTOANGER
More clues leading to the result WASPISH
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 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 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"
More clues leading to the result CRANKY
- Grouchy
- Peevish
- 7-Dwarfs' cross kin?
- Cantankerous.
- Irritable.
- Ill-tempered.
- Cross
- Ill-tempered
- Irascible
- Irritable