Synonyms for atrabilious
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : a-truh-bil-yuh s |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌæ trəˈbɪl yəs |
Top 10 synonyms for atrabilious Other synonyms for the word atrabilious
- abject
- all torn up
- atrabilious
- bleak
- broody
- bummed out
- cantankerous
- cast down
- cheerless
- dampened
- dashed
- disconsolate
- dismal
- doleful
- down
- down in the dumps
- down in the mouth
- downcast
- downhearted
- dragged
- drooping
- droopy
- heavyhearted
- hurting
- in the pits
- low
- low-spirited
- melancholy
- miserable
- moody
- mopey
- mopish
- sad
- sagging
- shot down
- snarly
- spiritless
- splenetic
- surly
- waspish
- woebegone
- wretched
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for atrabilious
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