What does iracund mean?
Iracund means (rare) Angry; irritable.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(rare) Angry; irritable.
Dryasdust knows only that these Preussen were a strong-boned, iracund herdsman-and-fisher people; highly averse to be interfered with, in their religion especially.
And the 'steal Injun hoss!' iterated and reiterated by a dozen voices, and always with the most iracund emphasis, enabled Roland to form a proper conception of the sense in which his enemies held that offence, as well as of the great merits and wide-spread fame of his new ally, whose voice gad thrown the red-men into such a ferment.
She thought the man in the ticket booth looked charmingly rotund and friendly (in reality he was a lazy, iracund man), the light rain flowed down drainpipes and dripped off the roof like the water of a baptism, where all, and not just the baby, were blessed by God.
Use iracund when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Iracund means (rare) Angry; irritable.
Common synonyms include irascible, choleric.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Dryasdust knows only that these Preussen were a strong-boned, iracund herdsman-and-fisher people; highly averse to be interfered with, in their religion especially.
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