Modifies a noun

• editor: Yer Man The Irascible Editor of the Creative People's Website.

• man: By nature an irascible man with a sharp tongue, Jerome made enemies as well as friends.

• temper: Knowing the irascible temper of Comrade Radek I am ready to allow that his article was not very polite.

• doctor: Later on an irascible doctor who is offended by his presence beats him to within an inch of his life.

• teacher: Professor Geoffrey Loftus played by Ernest Clark The fearsome Professor Loftus is the students ' irascible main teacher.

Modifying Another Word

• impossibly: Gites may have been inexpensive but they were atrociously uncomfortable and their farmer owners were impossibly irascible.