bilious
adjective
[ ˈbɪlɪəs ]
• affected by or associated with nausea or vomiting.
• "a bilious attack"
• spiteful; bad-tempered.
• "his bilious temperament"
Similar:
bad-tempered,
irritable,
irascible,
tetchy,
testy,
grumpy,
grouchy,
crotchety,
cantankerous,
curmudgeonly,
ill-tempered,
ill-natured,
ill-humoured,
peevish,
fractious,
disagreeable,
pettish,
crabbed,
crabby,
waspish,
prickly,
peppery,
touchy,
scratchy,
crusty,
splenetic,
shrewish,
short-tempered,
hot-tempered,
quick-tempered,
dyspeptic,
choleric,
liverish,
cross-grained,
cranky,
ornery,
• relating to bile.
Origin:
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘biliary’): from Latin biliosus, from bilis ‘bile’.
