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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

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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}.

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