About The Word Bilious
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Bilious
Bilious Definition And Meaning |
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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}.
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