Definition of bilious Bilious

/bɪˈliʌs/ - [bileeus] - bil•i•ous

We found 10 definitions of bilious from 4 different sources.

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What does bilious mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Adjective

bilious, biliouser, biliousest

bilious - relating to or containing bile
  biliary
bilious - suffering from or suggesting a liver disorder or gastric distress
  liverish, livery
  ill, sick presaging ill fortune; "ill omens"; "ill predictions"; "my words with inauspicious thunderings shook heaven"- P.B.Shelley; "a dead and ominous silence prevailed"; "a by-election at a time highly unpropitious for the Government"
bilious - irritable as if suffering from indigestion
  atrabilious, dyspeptic, liverish
  ill-natured having an irritable and unpleasant disposition
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • bilious (a.)
    Of or pertaining to the bile.
  • bilious (a.)
    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.
  • bilious (a.)
    Choleric; passionate; ill tempered.

Part of speech

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  • bilious, adjective.

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