Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter I - Page 74
Irrenowned (a.) Not renowned.
Irreparability (n.) The quality or state of being irreparable; irreparableness.
Irreparable (a.) Not reparable; not capable of being repaired, recovered, regained, or remedied; irretrievable; irremediable; as, an irreparable breach; an irreparable loss.
Irreparableness (n.) Quality of being irreparable.
Irreparably (adv.) In an irreparable manner.
Irrepealability (n.) The quality or state of being irrepealable.
Irrepealable (a.) Not repealable; not capable of being repealed or revoked, as a law.
Irrepentance (n.) Want of repentance; impenitence.
Irrepleviable (a.) 【律】(動產)不能收回的 Alt. of Irreplevisable
Irreplevisable (a.) (Law) Not capable of being replevied.
Irreprehensible (a.) Not reprehensible; blameless; innocent.
Irrepresentable (a.) Not capable of being represented or portrayed.
Irrepressible (a.) 壓抑不住的 Not capable of being repressed, restrained, or controlled; as, irrepressible joy; an irrepressible conflict. -- W. H. Steward.
Irrepressible (a.) Impossible to repress or control; "an irrepressible chatterbox"; "uncontrollable laughter" [syn: {irrepressible}, {uncontrollable}].
Irrepressibly (adv.) 鎮壓不住地;無法抑制地 In a manner or to a degree that can not be repressed.
Irreproachability (n.) 無可責備;無懈可擊;無缺點 The quality or state of being free from guilt or blame.
// We commended the children on the irreproachability of their table manners.
Synonyms of irreproachability
Blamelessness, faultlessness, guiltlessness, impeccability, innocence, irreproachableness.
Irreproachable (a.) 無可指責的,無過失的 Not reproachable; above reproach; not deserving reproach; blameless.
He [Berkely] erred, -- and who is free from error? -- but his intentions were irreproachable. --Beattie.
Irreproachable (a.) Free of guilt; not subject to blame; "has lived a blameless life"; "of irreproachable character"; "an unimpeachable reputation" [syn: {blameless}, {inculpable}, {irreproachable}, {unimpeachable}].
Irreproachableness (n.) 無罪;無缺點 The quality or state of being irreproachable; integrity; innocence.
Irreproachableness (n.) The quality or state of being free from guilt or blame.
// The irreproachableness of the sergeant's conduct in conducting the investigation.
Syn: Blamelessness, faultlessness, guiltlessness, impeccability, innocence, irreproachability.
Irreproachably (adv.) 無可指責地;無過失地 In an irreproachable manner; blamelessly.
Irreproachably (adv.) In an irreproachable and blameless manner; "she had lived blamelessly until she met this man" [syn: {irreproachably}, {blamelessly}].
Irreprovable (a.) Incapable of being justly reproved; irreproachable; blameless; upright. -- {Ir`re*prov"a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Ir`re*prov"a*bly}, adv.
Irreprovable (a.) 無可指責的,無過失的 Irreproachable.
Irreprovable (a.) 無爭論之餘地的;明白的 Indisputable [Obs.]
Irreptitious (a.) Surreptitious; spurious.
Irreputable (a.) Disreputable.
Irresilient (a.) Not resilient; not recoiling or rebounding; inelastic.
Irresistance (n.) Nonresistance; passive submission.
Irresistibility (n.) The quality or state of being irrestible, irresistibleness.
Irresistible (a.) That can not be successfully resisted or opposed; superior to opposition; resistless; overpowering; as, an irresistible attraction.
Irresistibleness (n.) Quality of being irrestible.
Irresistibly (adv.) In an irrestible manner.
Irresistless (a.) Irresistible.
Irresoluble (a.) Incapable of being dissolved or resolved into parts; insoluble.
Irresoluble (a.) Incapable of being relieved or assisted.
Irresolubleness (n.) The state or quality of being irresoluble; insolubility.
Irresolute (a.) 無決斷的,優柔寡斷的,躊躇不定的 Not resolute; not decided or determined; wavering; given to doubt or irresolution.
Irresolution (n.) Want of resolution; want of decision in purpose; a fluctuation of mind, as in doubt, or between hope and fear; irresoluteness; indecision; vacillation.
Irresolvability (n.) The quality of being irresolvable; irresolvableness.
Irresolvable (a.) Incapable of being resolved; not separable into component parts.
Irresolvableness (n.) The quality or state of being irresolvable; irresolvability.
Irresolvedly (adv.) Without settled determination; in a hesitating manner; doubtfully.
Irrespective (a.) Without regard for conditions, circumstances, or consequences; unbiased; independent; impartial; as, an irrespective judgment.
Irrespective (a.) Disrespectful.
Irrespectively (adv.) Without regard to conditions; not making circumstances into consideration.
Irrespirable (a.) Unfit for respiration; not having the qualities necessary to support animal life; as, irrespirable air.
Irresponsibility (n.) 不承擔責任;無責任感 [U] Lack of, or freedom from, responsibility or accountability.
Irresponsibility (n.) A trait causing one to act without a proper sense of responsibility; acting without giving proper weight to one's responsibilities.
Irresponsibility (n.) A form of untrustworthiness; the trait of lacking a sense of responsibility and not feeling accountable for your actions [syn: {irresponsibility}, {irresponsibleness}] [ant: {responsibility}, {responsibleness}].
Irresponsible (a.) 不須承擔責任的;無責任感的,不可靠的;不負責任的;無責任能力的 Nor responsible; not liable or able to answer fro consequences; innocent.
Irresponsible (a.) Not to be trusted; unreliable ; lacking a proper sense of responsibility.
Irresponsible (a.) Showing lack of care for consequences; "behaved like an irresponsible idiot"; "hasty and irresponsible action" [ant: {responsible}].
Irresponsibly (adv.) 不負責任地;不可靠地 So as not to be responsible.
Irresponsibly (adv.) In an irresponsible [2] manner; without due care or diligence.
Irresponsibly (adv.) In an irresponsible manner; "he acted irresponsibly" [ant: {responsibly}].
Irresponsive (a.) Not responsive; not able, ready, or inclined to respond.
Irresuscitable (a.) Incapable of being resuscitated or revived.
Irretention (n.) Want of retaining power; forgetfulness.
Irretentive (a.) Not retentive; as, an irretentive memory.
Irretraceable (a.) Incapable of being retraced; not retraceable.
Irretractile (a.) Not retractile.
Irretractile (a.) Not tractile or ductile.
Irretrievable (a.) 不能恢復的;無法挽救的;不能彌補的 Not retrievable; irrecoverable; irreparable; as, an irretrievable loss.
Syn: Irremediable; incurable; irrecoverable.
Irretrievable (a.) Impossible to recover or recoup or overcome; "an irretrievable loss"; "irretrievable errors in judgment" [syn: irretrievable, unretrievable].
Irretrievableness (n.) The state or quality of being irretrievable.
Irretrievably (adv.) In an irretrievable manner.
Irretrievably (adv.) In an irretrievable manner; "it is irretrievably lost".
Irreturnable (a.) Not to be returned.
Irrevealable (a.) Incapable of being revealed. -- Ir`re*veal"a*bly, adv.
Irreverence (n.) The state or quality of being irreverent; want of proper reverence; disregard of the authority and character of a superior.
Irreverend (a.) Irreverent.
Irreverent (a.) Not reverent; showing a want of reverence; expressive of a want of veneration; as, an irreverent babbler; an irreverent jest.
Irreverent (a.) Showing lack of due respect or veneration; "irreverent scholars mocking sacred things"; "noisy irreverent tourists" [ant: reverent].
Irreverent (a.) Characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality; "a certain irreverent gaiety and ease of manner" [syn: impertinent, irreverent, pert, saucy]
Irreverent (a.) Not revering god [syn: godless, irreverent].
Irreverently (adv.) In an irreverent manner.
Irreverently (adv.) Without respect; "the student irreverently mimicked the teacher in his presence" [ant: reverentially, reverently].
Irreverently (adv.) In an irreverent manner; "in the seventeenth century England had known fifty years of doctrinal quarrels and civil war; clergymen had been turned from their cures, and churches irreverently used".
Irreversibility (n.) The state or quality of being irreversible; irreversibleness.
Irreversibility (n.) The quality of being irreversible (once done it cannot be changed) [ant: reversibility].
Irreversible (a.) 不可逆的;不能翻轉的;不能取消的;不能倒置的 Incapable of being reversed or turned about or back; incapable of being made to run backward; as, an irreversible engine; an irreversible process; an irreversible reaction.
Irreversible (a.) Incapable of being reversed, recalled, repealed, or annulled; as, an irreversible sentence or decree.
This rejection of the Jews, as it is not universal, so neither is it final and irreversible. -- Jortin.
Syn: Irrevocable; irrepealable; unchangeable.
Irreversible (a.) Incapable of being reversed; "irreversible momentum toward revolution" [ant: reversible].
Irreversibleness (n.) The state or quality of being irreversible.
Irreversibly (adv.) In an irreversible manner.
Irrevocability (n.) The state or quality of being irrevocable; irrevocableness.
Irrevocable (a.) 不可撤回的;不可取消的;不可挽回的;不可改變的 Incapable of being recalled or revoked; unchangeable; irreversible; unalterable; as, an irrevocable promise or decree; irrevocable fate.
Firm and irrevocable is my doom. -- Shak. -- {Ir*rev"o*ca*ble*ness}, n. -- {Ir*rev"o*ca*bly}, adv.
Irrevocable (a.) Incapable of being retracted or revoked; "firm and irrevocable is my doom"- Shakespeare [syn: {irrevocable}, {irrevokable}] [ant: {revocable}, {revokable}].
Irrevokable (a.) Irrevocable.
Irrevoluble (a.) That has no finite period of revolution; not revolving.
Irrhetorical (a.) Not rethorical.
Irrigated (imp. & p. p.) of Irrigate
Irrigating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Irrigate
Irrigate (v. t.) To water; to wet; to moisten with running or dropping water; to bedew.
Irrigate (v. t.) To water, as land, by causing a stream to flow upon, over, or through it, as in artificial channels.
Irrigation (n.) The act or process of irrigating, or the state of being irrigated; especially, the operation of causing water to flow over lands, for nourishing plants.
Irriguous (a.) Watered; watery; moist; dewy.
Irriguous (a.) Gently penetrating or pervading.
Irrisible (a.) Not risible.
Irrision (n.) The act of laughing at another; derision.
Irritability (n.) The state or quality of being irritable; quick excitability; petulance; fretfulness; as, irritability of temper.
Irritability (n.) A natural susceptibility, characteristic of all living organisms, tissues, and cells, to the influence of certain stimuli, response being manifested in a variety of ways, -- as that quality in plants by which they exhibit motion under suitable stimulation; esp., the property which living muscle processes, of responding either to a direct stimulus of its substance, or to the stimulating influence of its nerve fibers, the response being indicated by a change of form, or contraction; contractility.
Irritability (n.) A condition of morbid excitability of an organ or part of the body; undue susceptibility to the influence of stimuli. See Irritation, n., 3.
Irritable (a.) Capable of being irriated.
Irritable (a.) Very susceptible of anger or passion; easily inflamed or exasperated; as, an irritable temper.
Irritable (a.) Endowed with irritability; susceptible of irritation; capable of being excited to action by the application of certain stimuli.
Irritable (a.) Susceptible of irritation; unduly sensitive to irritants or stimuli. See Irritation, n., 3.
Irritable (a.) 易怒的,暴躁的 (C2) Becoming annoyed very easily.
// Be careful what you say - he's rather irritable today.
// "Don't disturb me again," she said in an irritable (= angry) voice.
Irritableness (n.) Irritability.
Irritably (adv.) In an irritable manner.
Irritancy (n.) The state or quality of being null and void; invalidity; forfeiture.
Irritancy (n.) The state o quality of being irritant or irritating.
Irritant (a.) (Scots Law) 刺激的 Rendering null and void; conditionally invalidating.
The states elected Harry, Duke of Anjou, for their king, with this clause irritant; that, if he did violate any part of his oath, the people should owe him no allegiance. -- Hayward.
Irritant (a.) Irritating; producing irritation or inflammation.
Irritant (n.) 刺激物 That which irritates or excites.
Irritant (n.) (Physiol. & Med.) Any agent by which irritation is produced; as, a chemical irritant; a mechanical or electrical irritant.
Irritant (n.) (Toxicology) A poison that produces inflammation.
Counter irritant. See under Counter.
Pure irritant (Toxicology), A poison that produces inflammation without any corrosive action upon the tissues.
Irritant (n.) Something that causes irritation and annoyance; "he's a thorn in my flesh" [syn: irritant, thorn].
Irritate (v. t.) To render null and void. [R.] -- Abp. Bramhall.
Irritated (imp. & p. p.) of Irritate
Irritating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Irritate
Irritate (v. t.) 使惱怒;使煩躁;使過敏;使難受;使發炎;使疼痛 To increase the action or violence of; to heighten excitement in; to intensify; to stimulate.
Cold maketh the spirits vigorous and irritateth them. -- Bacon.
Irritate (v. t.) To excite anger or displeasure in; to provoke; to tease; to exasperate; to annoy; to vex; as, the insolence of a tyrant irritates his subjects.
Dismiss the man, nor irritate the god: Prevent the rage of him who reigns above. -- Pope.