Antonyms for bilious
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : bil-yuhs |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈbɪl yəs |
Definition of bilious
Origin :- 1540s, "pertaining to bile, biliary," from French bilieux, from Latin biliosus "pertaining to bile," from bilis (see bile). Meaning "wrathful, peevish, ill-tempered" (as people afflicted with an excess of bile were believed to be) is attested from 1560s. This is the main modern sense in English and French; the more literal meaning being taken up by biliary. Related: Biliousness.
- As in peaked : adj pale, sick
- As in queasy : adj not feeling well; not comfortable
- As in sallow : adj pale, unhealthy
- As in sickly : adj not healthy
- As in sickly : adj revolting
- As in wan : adj colorless, weak
- What signifies the blare of your brass, or the bilious bleating of your wood-wind!
- Extract from : « Melomaniacs » by James Huneker
- Their bloodless, pinched, yellow faces were like the faces of bilious invalids.
- Extract from : « Typhoon » by Joseph Conrad
- The doctor was sent for and diagnosed the case "bilious fever."
- Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine
- I've put away so much of that sweet slush now that I'll be bilious for a week.
- Extract from : « Torchy As A Pa » by Sewell Ford
- His face was long, thin and yellow, of a bilious appearance.
- Extract from : « The Hand in the Dark » by Arthur J. Rees
- In India it is used for the piles and as an alterative for bilious disorders.
- Extract from : « The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines » by T. H. Pardo de Tavera
- If it wasn't working at all, we shouldn't be bilious: we should be dead, or in a state of collapse.
- Extract from : « Preventable Diseases » by Woods Hutchinson
- This temperament was formerly called the Bilious or Brunette Temperament.
- Extract from : « How to Become Rich » by William Windsor
- This time she gets a bilious lavender with streaks of fire-box red in it.
- Extract from : « The House of Torchy » by Sewell Ford
- When we are in a bilious mood, everything wears to us a jaundiced tinge.
- Extract from : « The Shadow of Ashlydyat » by Mrs. Henry Wood
Synonyms for bilious
- ailing
- anemic
- anxious
- ashen
- ashy
- below par
- bilious
- blanched
- bleached
- bloodless
- cadaverous
- cloying
- colorless
- concerned
- cranky
- delicate
- dim
- discolored
- diseased
- down
- dragging
- dull
- emaciated
- faint
- feeble
- fidgety
- forceless
- ghastly
- green around gills
- greenish-yellow
- groggy
- haggard
- ill
- ill at ease
- in bad shape
- in poor health
- indisposed
- ineffective
- ineffectual
- infirm
- insalubrious
- jaundiced
- lackluster
- laid-low
- languid
- livid
- low
- mawkish
- mean
- morbid
- morose
- muddy
- nauseated
- nauseating
- noisome
- noxious
- off-color
- out of action
- out of shape
- pale
- pallid
- pasty
- peaked
- peaky
- pining
- poorly
- pukish
- qualmish
- queer
- restless
- rocky
- run-down
- seedy
- sick
- sick as a dog
- sickish
- sickly
- squeamish
- troubled
- uncertain
- uncomfortable
- under the weather
- uneasy
- unhealthy
- unwell
- unwholesome
- upset
- wan
- washed-out
- waxen
- waxy
- weak
- white
- worn
- worried
- yellowish
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