Bilious Definition & Meaning | Bay Area Crosswords

About The Word Bilious

Learn about the word Bilious to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Bilious definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.

Bilious

Bilious Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Bilious? [adj] irritable as if suffering from indigestion [adj] suffering from or suggesting a liver disorder or gastric distress [adj] relating to or containing bile Synonyms \| Synonyms for Bilious: atrabilious \| biliary \| dyspeptic \| ill \| ill-natured \| liverish \| livery \| sick Related Terms \| Find terms related to Bilious: allergic \| anemic \| angry \| apoplectic \| arthritic \| bad-tempered \| bitter \| cancerous \| chlorotic \| choleric \| colicky \| consumptive \| cross \| dropsical \| dyspeptic \| edematous \| embittered \| encephalitic \| epileptic \| ill-natured \| ill-tempered \| jaundiced \| laryngitic \| leprous \| luetic \| malarial \| malignant \| measly \| nephritic \| neuralgic \| neuritic \| palsied \| paralytic \| peevish \| petulant \| phthisic \| pleuritic \| pneumonic \| pocky \| podagric \| rachitic \| rheumatic \| rickety \| scorbutic \| scrofulous \| sour \| soured \| sour-tempered \| tabetic \| tabid \| testy \| tetchy \| tubercular \| tuberculous \| tumorigenic \| tumorous \| vinegarish \| wrathful See Also \| Bilious In Webster's Dictionary \Bil"ious\ (b[i^]l"y[u^]s), a. [L. biliosus, fr. bilis bile.] 1. Of or pertaining to the bile. 2. 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. 3. Choleric; passionate; ill tempered. ``A bilious old nabob.'' --Macaulay. {Bilious temperament}. See {Temperament}.

Bilious Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Bilious?

[adj] irritable as if suffering from indigestion
[adj] suffering from or suggesting a liver disorder or gastric distress
[adj] relating to or containing bile

See Also |

Bilious In Webster's Dictionary

\Bil"ious\ (b[i^]l"y[u^]s), a. [L. biliosus, fr. bilis
bile.]
1. Of or pertaining to the bile.

2. 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.

3. Choleric; passionate; ill tempered. ``A bilious old
   nabob.'' --Macaulay.

{Bilious temperament}. See {Temperament}.

More Crossword Puzzle Words

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Cross Word Of The Day

Gluteus minimus ‐ the innermost of the three…
Gaudery ‐ cheap or…
Decrement ‐ the amount by which something decreases [n] a process of becoming…
Updraft ‐ a strong upward…
Snow orchid ‐ waxy white nearly leafless plant with stems in clusters and racemes…
Gaseousness ‐ having the…
Triplochiton ‐ small genus of tropical African trees with…
Greek partridge ‐ of mountainous areas of…
Perodicticus potto ‐ a…
Snafu ‐ an acronym often used by soldiers in World War II: Situation…