atrabilious, bilious, dyspeptic, liverish
(adjective) irritable as if suffering from indigestion
bilious, liverish, livery
(adjective) suffering from or suggesting a liver disorder or gastric distress
bilious, biliary
(adjective) relating to or containing bile
Source: WordNet® 3.1
bilious (comparative more bilious, superlative most bilious)
Of or pertaining to something containing or consisting of bile.
Resembling bile, especially in color.
Suffering from real or supposed liver disorder, especially excessive secretions of bile.
Peevishly ill-humored, irritable or bad tempered; irascible.
Source: Wiktionary
Bil"ious, a. Etym: [L. biliosus, fr. bilis bile.]
1. Of or pertaining to the bile.
2. Disordered in respect to the bile; troubled with and excess of bile; as, a bilious patient; dependent on, or characterized by, an excess of bile; as, bilious symptoms.
3. Choleric; passionate; ill tempered. "A bilious old nabob." Macaulay. Bilious temperament. See Temperament.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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