Bilious

Quick meaning: Bilious is an adjective meaning Of or pertaining to something containing or consisting of bile.

Meaning

Of or pertaining to something containing or consisting of bile.

More Meanings

1. Resembling bile, especially in color.
2. (pathology) Suffering from real or supposed liver disorder, especially excessive secretions of bile.
3. Peevishly ill-humored, irritable or bad tempered; irascible.

Example Sentences

Perry tells me that Mr. Cole never touches malt liquor. You would not think it to look at him, but he is bilious—Mr. Cole is very bilious.

The boarders, sharp-tongued bilious widows, pursued the only man in the establishment, a mild, bald creature who worked in La Samaritaine […]

Does money fail?—come to my mint—coin paper, Till gold be at a discount, and ashamed To show his bilious face, go purge himself, In emulation of her vestal whiteness.

The business-center of Schoenstrom took up one side of one block, facing the railroad. It was a row of one-story shops covered with galvanized iron, or with clapboards painted red and bilious yellow.

Synonyms for bilious

Depending on context, synonyms include choleric, irascible, peevish, testy, cranky, splenetic.

Antonyms for bilious

Common opposites include pleasant, amiable, good-natured, genial, even-tempered.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include atrabilious, biliary, dyspeptic, liverish, sick, ill-natured.

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