bilious

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Irritable or bad tempered; irascible

The students had learned not to ask questions of the bilious professor.

Of or pertaining to something containing or consisting of bile
Suffering from real or supposed liver disorder, thus making one ill-natured
{a} consisting of bile, choleric
suffering from or suggesting a liver disorder or gastric distress
Irritable or bad tempered: irascible
{s} of bile; suffering from malfunction of the liver; ill-natured
Disordered in respect to the bile; troubled with an excess of bile; as, a bilious patient; dependent on, or characterized by, an excess of bile; as, bilious symptoms
relating to or containing bile
Choleric; passionate; ill tempered
Of or pertaining to the bile
irritable as if suffering from indigestion
Bilious is sometimes used to describe the feelings or behaviour of someone who is extremely angry or bad-tempered. His speech was a bilious, rancorous attack on young people
suffering from or suggesting a liver disorder or gastric distress relating to or containing bile
If you feel bilious, you feel sick and have a headache. She is suffering a bilious attack
disapproval If someone describes the appearance of something as bilious, they mean that they think it looks unpleasant and rather disgusting. a bilious shade of green
bilious complaint
{i} gallbladder problem
biliousness
gastric distress caused by a disorder of the liver or gall bladder
biliousness
{i} excess secretion of bile; problems which result from excess secretions of bile; bitterness, ill-temper
biliousness
a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger; "his temper was well known to all his employees"
biliousness
The state of being bilious
bilious

    Hyphenation

    bil·ious

    Turkish pronunciation

    bîliıs

    Pronunciation

    /ˈbəlēəs/ /ˈbɪliːəs/

    Etymology

    () From Latin bīliōsus (“full of bile”) bīlis (“bile”) + -ōsus (“full of”).
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