spleen
noun
[ spliːn ]
• an abdominal organ involved in the production and removal of blood cells in most vertebrates and forming part of the immune system.
• bad temper; spite.
• "he could vent his spleen on the institutions which had duped him"
Similar:
bad temper,
bad mood,
ill temper,
ill humour,
annoyance,
anger,
wrath,
vexation,
crossness,
irritation,
displeasure,
dissatisfaction,
irritability,
irascibility,
cantankerousness,
peevishness,
petulance,
pettishness,
pique,
querulousness,
crabbiness,
testiness,
tetchiness,
snappishness,
waspishness,
touchiness,
moodiness,
sullenness,
resentment,
rancour,
biliousness,
sourness,
spite,
spitefulness,
ill feeling,
malice,
maliciousness,
bitterness,
animosity,
antipathy,
hostility,
malevolence,
venom,
gall,
malignance,
malignity,
acrimony,
bile,
hatred,
hate,
ire,
choler,
Origin:
Middle English: shortening of Old French esplen, via Latin from Greek splēn ; spleen (sense 2) derives from the earlier belief that the spleen was the seat of bad temper.
