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   bilious

   /ˈbɪlɪəs/

   adjective

   • 1. affected by or associated with nausea or vomiting: "a bilious attack" Similar nauseoussickqueasynauseatedgreen around the gillsliverishinformal:barfyrare:qualmish
   • ▪ (of a colour) lurid or sickly: "a bilious yellow hue" Similar luridgarishloudviolentsicklynauseatingdistastefulunattractiveOpposite mutedsubtle
   • 2. spiteful; bad-tempered: "his bilious temperament" Similar bad-temperedirritableirascibletetchytestygrumpygrouchycrotchetycantankerouscurmudgeonlyill-temperedill-naturedill-humouredpeevishfractiousdisagreeablepettishcrabbedcrabbywaspishpricklypepperytouchyscratchycrustyspleneticshrewishshort-temperedhot-temperedquick-tempereddyspepticcholericliverishcross-grainedinformal:crankyorneryOpposite good-humoured
   • 3. relating to bile.

   Word Origin mid 16th century (in the sense ‘biliary’): from Latin biliosus, from bilis ‘bile’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. biliously adverb
   • 2. biliousness noun

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