Irritable
Skittish
Skittish adjective - Easily excited by nature.
Usage example: the skittish colt leapt up when we approached
Irritable and skittish are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Irritable" instead an adjective "Skittish".
Nearby Word: skittishly
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- sensitive and irritable
- sensitive and skittish
- testy and irritable
- testy and skittish
- nervous and irritable
- nervous and skittish
- touchy and irritable
- touchy and skittish
- high-strung and irritable
- high-strung and skittish
- tense and irritable
- tense and skittish
- excitable and irritable
- excitable and skittish
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