splenetic
adjective
[ splɪˈnɛtɪk ]
• bad-tempered; spiteful.
• "a splenetic rant"
Similar:
bad-tempered,
ill-tempered,
ill-humoured,
angry,
wrathful,
cross,
peevish,
petulant,
pettish,
irritable,
irascible,
cantankerous,
choleric,
dyspeptic,
testy,
tetchy,
snappish,
waspish,
crotchety,
crabby,
crabbed,
querulous,
resentful,
rancorous,
bilious,
sour,
bitter,
acid,
liverish,
spiteful,
malicious,
ill-natured,
hostile,
acrimonious,
malevolent,
malignant,
malign,
bitchy,
atrabilious,
envenomed,
• archaic term for splenic.
Origin:
late Middle English (as a noun denoting a person with a diseased spleen): from late Latin spleneticus, from Greek splēn (see spleen).
