irascible: implies a tendency to be angered on slight provocation: the boys got a rise out of the ~ old man.  


choleric: may suggest impatient excitability and unreasonableness in addition to an irritable frame of mind: a ~ invalid who tried the nurses' patience.       (irritable: 不耐烦的容易生气)


splenetic: suggests moroseness, and a bad rather than a hot temper: the ~ type that harbored a grudge.


testy: suggests irascibility over small annoyances: everyone grew ~ under the emotional strain.


touchy: implies readiness to take offence and undue irritability or sensitiveness: ~ about references to her weight.


cranky: suggests a habitual fretful irritability with those who fail to conform to one's set notions, fixed ideas, or unvarying standards: ~ neighbors much given to complaining.


cross: suggests a temporary irascibility or grumpy irritability as from disappointment or discomfort: a squabble that left her feeling ~ all day.       (squabble: 小争吵)


irascible: 小的挑衅就生气的倾向，choleric: 耐躁激动无理易怒，4种性格中的胆汁质性格，splenetic: 阴郁"坏"脾气 (而不是火暴脾气)，testy: 等于irascible，由于小事而生气，touchy: 表示因为敏感而易怒，cranky: 对于不符合自己要求的人烦恼生气(fret=worry烦恼)，cross: 暂时生气，比如失望不适等


记忆方法: 1) 首字母TCTC ISC太差太差真是差<==易怒

               2) 易怒的意思是容易生气发怒mean easily angered or enraged.首字母TCTC ISC太差太差真是差<==易怒