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atrabilious
[ a-truh-bil-yuhs ]
adjective
- gloomy; morose; melancholy; morbid.
- irritable; bad-tempered; splenetic.
atrabilious
/ ˌæٰəˈɪə /
adjective
- rare.irritable
Derived Forms
- ˌٰˈdzܲԱ, noun
Other yvlog Forms
- r·idzܲ·Ա noun
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of atrabilious1
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of atrabilious1
Example Sentences
Eliphalet borrowed money, his habiliments grew shabby, he took up mean callings for the sake of pelf, he became a spunge; he grew bilious, atrabilious, patriotic and indignant.
After his conversion he made amends, though he was always the atrabilious faultfinder.
The melancholy or atrabilious temperament is of a different character.
The one truly successful film of this period is Mike Nichols's version of Edward Albee's , where a middle-aged academic couple tear each other apart in a manner reminiscent of Strindberg at his most atrabilious.
His sallow, atrabilious features disclosed the tortures of his soul.
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