splenetic
11splenetic — adjective /spləˈnɛtɪk/ a) bad tempered, irritable, peevish, spiteful, habitually angry A sect, whose chief devotion lies / In odd perverse antipathies; / ... / More peevish, cross, and splenetick, / Than dog distract, or monkey sick. b) relating… …
12splenetic — sple•net•ic [[t]splɪˈnɛt ɪk[/t]] adj. Also, sple•net′i•cal. 1) of the spleen; splenic 2) irritable; peevish; spiteful 3) Obs. affected with or tending to produce melancholy 4) a splenetic person • Etymology: 1535–45; < LL splēnēticus. See… …
13splenetic — /spləˈnɛtɪk/ (say spluh netik) adjective 1. Also, splenetical. of the spleen; splenic. 2. irritable; peevish; spiteful. 3. Obsolete melancholy. –noun 4. a splenetic person. {Late Latin splēnēticus} –splenetically, adverb …
14splenetic — adj. & n. adj. 1 ill tempered; peevish. 2 of or concerning the spleen. n. a splenetic person. Derivatives: splenetically adv. Etymology: LL spleneticus (as SPLEEN) …
15splenetic — 1. SYN: splenic. 2. Fretfully surly …
16splenetic — Synonyms and related words: acerb, acerbate, acerbic, acid, acidic, acidulent, acidulous, acrimonious, adrenal, bearish, bitchy, bitter, blase, burning, cankered, cantankerous, caustic, choleric, churlish, crabbed, cranky, cross, cross grained,… …
17splenetic — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. peevish, cross, fretful; see irritable . See Synonym Study at irritable . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. irritable, grouchy, bad tempered, nasty, waspish, petulant, crabby, grumpy, peevish, sour. ANT.: good humored,… …
18splenetic — sple|net|ic [splıˈnetık] adj formal [Date: 1500 1600; : Late Latin; Origin: spleneticus, from Latin splen; SPLEEN] bad tempered and often angry …
19splenetic — sple|net|ic [ splə netık ] adjective FORMAL extremely angry or annoyed …
20splenetic — sple·net·ic || splɪ netɪk adj. of the spleen; irritable, spiteful, malicious; gloomy …
