Antonyms for atrabilious


Grammar : Adj
Spell : a-truh-bil-yuh s
Phonetic Transcription : ˌæ trəˈbɪl yəs


Definition of atrabilious

Origin :
  • 1650s, from Latin atra bilis, translating Greek melankholia "black bile" (see melancholy; also cf. bile). Atra is fem. of ater "black, dark, gloomy," perhaps related to root of atrocity. Related: Atrabiliousness.
  • As in bad-tempered : adj perversely irritable
  • As in dejected : adj depressed, blue
Example sentences :
  • After his conversion he made amends, though he was always the atrabilious faultfinder.
  • Extract from : « Unicorns » by James Huneker
  • Much dining-out doth breed dyspepsia, and atrabilious views are apt to be a leetle lop-sided.
  • Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari Volume 98, January 4, 1890 » by Various
  • I hold them to be a race of pessimists, recruited amongst beggarly philosophers and knavish, atrabilious theologians.
  • Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
  • The melancholy or atrabilious temperament is of a different character.
  • Extract from : « Curiosities of Medical Experience » by J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen
  • It was his wife, Petronille, still young and passing handsome, but of atrabilious and harsh mien.
  • Extract from : « The Iron Trevet or Jocelyn the Champion » by Eugne Sue
  • He now sees what a regard they have for the health of the atrabilious South Americans.
  • Extract from : « Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States » by Raphael Semmes
  • A plaintive hail from the rough brick coping of the bund drew his atrabilious attention.
  • Extract from : « Cursed » by George Allan England
  • The country has its eye on that knot of atrabilious Liberals whose voice is that of Jacob, but whose hands are the hands of Esau.
  • Extract from : « British Quarterly Review, American Edition, Volume LIV » by Various
  • His appreciation of men, their character, their talents, their designs—all bear the hue of the atrabilious journalist.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844 » by Various
  • An atrabilious monk in his garret vented his spleen with more than usual acrimony, and the world applauded.
  • Extract from : « Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature » by John Addington Symonds

Synonyms for atrabilious

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