atrabilious
1Atrabilious — At ra*bil ious, a. Melancholic or hypochondriac; atrabiliary. Dunglision. [1913 Webster] A hard faced, atrabilious, earnest eyed race. Lowell. [1913 Webster] He was constitutionally atrabilious and scornful. Froude. [1913 Webster] …
2atrabilious — index deplorable, disconsolate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
3atrabilious — 1650s, from L. atra bilis, translating Gk. melankholia black bile (see MELANCHOLY (Cf. melancholy); also Cf. BILE (Cf. bile)). Atra is fem. of ater black, dark, gloomy, perhaps related to root of ATROCITY (Cf. atrocity). Related …
4atrabilious — hypochondriac, *melancholic, melancholy Analogous words: morose, glum, saturnine, crabbed, *sullen: *despondent , hopeless, forlorn: depressed, dejected, gloomy (see corresponding nouns at SADNESS) Antonyms: blithe Contrasted words: * …
5atrabilious — [a΄trə bil′ē əra΄trə bil′ē əs, a΄′trəbil′yəs] adj. [< L atra bilis, black bile; sp. after BILIOUS: cf. MELANCHOLY] melancholy, morose, cross, etc.: also atrabiliar [a΄trə bil′ē ər] …
6atrabilious — adjective a) characterized by melancholy Do we listen to pop music because of atrabiliousness, or are we atrabilious because we listen to pop music? (High Fidelity magazine paraphrase) b) ill natured; malevolent …
7atrabilious bilious dyspeptic liverish — Ill natured Ill na tured, a. 1. Of habitual bad temper; having an unpleasant disposition; surly; disagreeable; cross; peevish; fractious; crabbed; of people; as, an ill natured person; an ill natured disagreeable old man. Opposite of {good… …
8atrabilious — adjective Etymology: Latin atra bilis black bile Date: 1651 1. given to or marked by melancholy ; gloomy 2. ill natured, peevish • atrabiliousness noun …
9atrabilious — atrabiliousness, n. /a treuh bil yeuhs/, adj. 1. gloomy; morose; melancholy; morbid. 2. irritable; bad tempered; splenetic. Also, atrabiliar. [1645 55; < L atra bili(s) black bile + OUS] * * * …
10atrabilious — adj. tending to be depressed, having a bad temper, quarrelsome …
