Splenetic
[splɪ'netɪk] or [splə'nɛtɪk]
Definition
(a.) Affected with spleen; malicious; spiteful; peevish; fretful.
(n.) A person affected with spleen.
Checker: Marsha
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Irascible, irritable, fretful, peevish, touchy, testy, pettish, waspish, petulant, choleric, snappish, cross.[2]. Morose, sullen, sulky, churlish, sour, crabbed.[3]. Melancholy, despondent, moping, gloomy, melancholic, hypochondriacal, jaundiced.
Editor: Theresa
Examples
- Yet the towns were frequent and lively, and the cordial politeness and ready smile of the wooden-shoed peasant restored good humour to the splenetic. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- For those are my sentiments in that splenetic humour, which governs me at present. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
Editor: Theresa