having or showing a tendency to be easily angered.

“‘Fuck you,’ said the irascible man, who had clearly and almost instantaneously had enough of her jackassery.”

given to moralizing in a pompous or affected manner.

“He tried to encourage his men with sententious rhetoric, but to no effect: ultimately they were just a bunch of uninspired, myopic dickheads.”

excessively talkative, especially on trivial matters.

“He was nothing but a foolish, garrulous old man who needed to be silenced.  Now he is silent.”

expressing sorrow; mournful.

“a doleful look”

become swollen

a state of physical or mental inactivity; lethargy.

“they veered between apathetic torpor and hysterical fanaticism”

a state of physical or mental weariness; lack of energy.

“she was overcome by lassitude and retired to bed”