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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