Antonyms for biliousness


Grammar : Noun
Spell : bil-yuhs
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbɪl yəs


Definition of biliousness

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 nausea : noun sickness in stomach; revulsion
Example sentences :
  • There are children with whom eggs do not agree; these children are disposed to "biliousness."
  • Extract from : « The Eugenic Marriage, Vol 2 (of 4) » by W. Grant Hague
  • Hot baths are an excellent remedy for nausea or biliousness.
  • Extract from : « Nervous Breakdowns and How to Avoid Them » by Charles David Musgrove
  • Fats, when freely used, give rise to indigestion and 'biliousness.'
  • Extract from : « Science in the Kitchen. » by Mrs. E. E. Kellogg
  • There is more yellow in life from biliousness, than from the state of the atmosphere.
  • Extract from : « Germany and the Germans » by Price Collier
  • It is of special service in dyspepsia, biliousness, rheumatism, etc.
  • Extract from : « Saratoga and How to See It » by R. F. Dearborn
  • The worse enemy of technic is biliousness, and biliousness is sure to follow bad beer.
  • Extract from : « A Book of Burlesques » by H. L. Mencken
  • There are some people, and not a few, who cannot take milk without suffering from indigestion or biliousness.
  • Extract from : « Nervous Breakdowns and How to Avoid Them » by Charles David Musgrove
  • When taken in this form it certainly causes indigestion as well as biliousness.
  • Extract from : « Nervous Breakdowns and How to Avoid Them » by Charles David Musgrove
  • These precautions will often serve to avoid the biliousness which so frequently spoils the first few days of the holiday.
  • Extract from : « Nervous Breakdowns and How to Avoid Them » by Charles David Musgrove
  • A color mixer in a tile works began after ten years to suffer from cramps in the stomach, nausea and biliousness.
  • Extract from : « The Survey, Volume XXX, Number 1, April 5, 1913 » by Various

Synonyms for biliousness

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