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
Example sentences :
  • 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

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