Atrabilious
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˌæ.tɹəˈbɪl.i.əs/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Atrabilious is an adjective meaning (medicine, obsolete) Having an excess of black bile.
Meaning
(medicine, obsolete) Having an excess of black bile.
More Meanings
- Characterized by melancholy.
- Ill-natured; malevolent; cantankerous.
Example Sentences
Lame, lank, atrabilious Charles Grey Grey [sic] is a 32nd generation Northumberlander.
Fen was in an atrabilious mood. "You've been the devil of a time," he grumbled as Lily Christine III got under way again.
But the torch of taste has for the moment fallen into the hands of little men, anæmic and atrabilious, with neither laughter nor pity in their hearts.
[I] could see nothing in the evidence which did persuade me to think them other than poor, melancholy, envious, mischievous, ill-disposed, ill-dieted, atrabilious constitutions.
Synonyms for atrabilious
Depending on context, synonyms include sad, lamentable, irritable, dyspeptic, bilious, ill-natured.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include bilious, dyspeptic, liverish, ill-natured, gloomy, bileful.
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