'Bilious' definitions:
Definition of 'bilious'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Bilious'
From: GCIDE
- Bilious \Bil"ious\ (b[i^]l"y[u^]s), a. [L. biliosus, fr. bilis bile.]
- 1. Of or pertaining to the bile. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Disordered in respect to the bile; troubled with an excess of bile; as, a bilious patient; dependent on, or characterized by, an excess of bile; as, bilious symptoms. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Choleric; passionate; ill tempered. "A bilious old nabob." --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- Bilious temperament. See Temperament. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'bilious'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- allergic,
- anemic,
- angry,
- apoplectic,
- arthritic,
- bad-tempered,
- bitter,
- cancerous,
- chlorotic,
- choleric,
- colicky,
- consumptive,
- cross,
- dropsical,
- dyspeptic,
- edematous,
- embittered,
- encephalitic,
- epileptic,
- ill-natured,
- ill-tempered,
- jaundiced,
- laryngitic,
- leprous,
- luetic,
- malarial,
- malignant,
- measly,
- nephritic,
- neuralgic,
- neuritic,
- palsied,
- paralytic,
- peevish,
- petulant,
- phthisic,
- pleuritic,
- pneumonic,
- pocky,
- podagric,
- rachitic,
- rheumatic,
- rickety,
- scorbutic,
- scrofulous,
- sour,
- sour-tempered,
- soured,
- tabetic,
- tabid,
- testy,
- tetchy,
- tubercular,
- tuberculous,
- tumorigenic,
- tumorous,
- vinegarish,
- wrathful