The phrase "almost irritable" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a state of being close to irritation or annoyance, but not fully there.
Example: "After a long day at work, I felt almost irritable when I got home, but I managed to relax with a cup of tea."
Alternatives: "nearly annoyed" or "borderline irritated".
Ms. Abram described herself as a stay-at-home mother from Lebanon, and in many ways she was representative of the almost entirely white and irritable crowd, most of whom were from the area.
As the lazily decadent summer plans of Tilda Swinton's mute rock star and her surrounding party curdle in the heat, Guadagnino's gaze isn't critical, exactly, but it's almost savagely languid: sparked into irritable life by the braying intrusions of Ralph Fiennes's vividly horrible record producer, these characters slowly tear one another apart as the camera looks lustfully on.
During their later years together, she said Bonds grew irritable and verbally abusive — "almost violent".
Nevertheless, our result is consistent with previous suggestions that almost 25% of the population encounters irritable bowel symptoms over the course of their lifetimes.
Moreover, patients with irritable bowel syndrome are almost 50% more likely to develop PD than people who are free of this gastrointestinal disorder [ 31].
Because the locus coeruleus in the brain, which controls much of norepinephrine production, has a strong influence on lower-bowel function, almost half of panic-disorder patients have irritable-bowel symptoms as well.
The files reveal a man not only in almost constant pain, but under nearly constant medication -- from a longstanding series of ailments including irritable bowel syndrome, osteoporosis, Addison's disease and a serious propensity for infection.
Almost a quarter were not satisfied with the way their GP dealt with their concerns, often diagnosing irritable bowel syndrome or constipation.
There was also a question concerning the occurrence of abdominal pain ("always" or "almost always") and another question addressing whether this abdominal pain improves with defecation as is observed in irritable bowel syndrome [ 3, 4].
That cameo seemed horribly emblematic of a thoroughly underwhelming opening half which ended unadorned by a single shot on target, but almost imperceptibly something was shifting, and Klopp's demeanour slowly shifted from jovially laid-back to scratchy and irritable.
