Amiable
Amiable adjective - Having an easygoing and pleasing manner especially in social situations.
Usage example: the owner of the inn is an amiable, talkative widow who treats guests like family
Nearby Words: amiability, amiably
Irritable
Irritable adjective - Easily irritated or annoyed.
Usage example: that irritable old man always yells at people to stay off of his lawn
Both words in one sentence
- If you rival her, she's arrogant, irritable and snarky around Hawke, while being her usual sweet, amiable, Cloud Cuckoo Lander self around everyone else.
Source: Sugar and Ice Personality -
He is otherwise a knowledgeable and amiable chap, if a bit irritable.
Source: British Stuffiness -
Humans Are Bastards: Discussed by the cab driver when Elwood is about to receive his injection, and how said injection "transforms" pleasant, amiable human beings into irritable things who cannot be satisfied.
Source: Theatre / Harvey
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